The Building Blocks

When I was little, I loved building things with blocks. There were few things more satisfying than seeing my masterpiece be built from my hard work of ordering the blocks in their exact place so that they could create something sturdy and beautiful.

Though I am no longer a child playing with building blocks, I think we order our lives in a similar fashion. We have a dream or a goal that we keep at the forefront of our minds, and we try to live in a way that aligns with that certain goal. The problem is we do not always know the best way to stack the pieces. We are only aware of the past and our current situation. We need an architect who has the whole blueprint for our lives. 

We often ask God for things, and then we do not understand why it feels like our lives start to fall apart. What I am starting to realize, is this “falling apart” might actually  be the rearranging process that God is doing in my life. He knows everyday of my life from the first breath to the last, and he knows exactly how my life needs to be built in order for his will to be accomplished. When I invite him into the building process, he will shake things up. He may take some blocks out entirely and replace them with ones that reflect his heart. He may need to move others to be a higher priority, but no matter how he moves them, he has a purpose for each piece. Not one block will be out of place when he builds the structure because he sees the masterpiece from the other side. Just maybe, my destruction is actually my revival. This will be the beginning of a new life, a life built by God himself.