I am in a place of reevaluating everything. Everything I do, everything I don’t do, what I allow to fill my time. All of it needs to be evaluated and tested to see if it stands the test of being worthy of the effort.
Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is useless… Psalm 127:1a
What am I building as a wife and a mother, as a friend, as a blogger…? It’s so easy to put work into something and it not be what the Lord is building.
Do I really know what He is building and am I yielded to it? That is what I am asking myself now. It is what has me reevaluating everything. The thought of my effort being useless or in vain is enough to stop me in my tracks and cause me to look at every aspect of life to find out if I’ve been building anything on my own. I want to lay down anything that I am building without Him.
Where are you right now? How are you yielded to what God is building in your life? I’d love to hear your story!
Wow. I’ve been in that place of reevaluating everything in my life since spring this year. It’s good to hear someone else talk about it. The Lord has had me put aside many things this year so that I can focus on building my relationship with Him. I gave up watching a lot of television in favor of studying the Word. I gave up a blog in order to start a new blog devoted solely to what God is teaching. I gave up dating and men in my life and I even gave up singing for my worship team at church–which I’ve done for nearly 17 years. I’ve labeled all of this pruning so that those things in my life which aren’t producing fruit at this time may once again bear fruit (or go away). All the while I am staying in the Vine, gaining rest and renewing my strength for what lies ahead. It’s been a year of transitions for me and a whole lot of yielding.
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