Mar 8 - "Good Materials"

1 Corinthians 3:11-23
"Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—the work of each builder will become visible, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done."
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Think about all of the things we are exposed to each day: personal interactions, music, news, books... Whether we want them to or not, all of these things, both consciously and subconsciously, have an impact on the persons into whom we continually evolve.

In Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he is encouraging them to use the right things for building their lives on the foundation that is Christ. Similar to Christ's parable of the two house, one whose foundation was built on sand, the other on rock, if the quality of the product used to build a home is poor, when tested, it will fail.

Based on what we choose to expose ourselves to each day, we are determining how our relationships, lives, and psyches are being "constructed" on a moment by moment basis. Some people are not fans of Christian radio; even though I enjoy it, frankly, some of the music is pretty bad. Similarly, if all you read every day was the bible, it might become a little boring. But, each of these things, and many other positive forms of "input" exist for each of us to take advantage of. Of course, as we all know, there also is plenty of trash and complete crap to witness too. The question is, which one are we seeing more of?

So, think about what you are using every day as the building blocks for your life and your relationships. Are they good materials which build you up, or weak product that, when tested, will not help you stand strong?