Soul Business 4 – Build Bridges

While we continue our topic Gods loves soul business, Sunday we took our look at men. Our scripture was from Psalm 8:4-9, "what is man that thou are mindful of him?" We talked about one out of many things that man is, he is a builder. Man builds his own life, he doesn't get it 100% right but he gets it to a place where it is acceptable to God, that place is a living sacrifice.
Please take this in love. I had the men to build a bridge and it turned out exactly how God had showed me it would. The question is was it crossable? Did the men who built the bridge give serious thought as to who would have to cross it. The first bridge was poorly constructed, one of the reasons why was everyone had a part in building it. We find that if it doesn't belong to us, we care less about it.
Case in point, a person man or woman is more likely to take better care of what belongs to them, than what belongs to others. We would call this human nature but it is not spiritual nature. God put man in charge of everything even each other and then he tells us love one another as He loved you. God cares for all!!!!
Back to the bridge:
One, there was no time limit, so I noticed that each brother was in a hurry to do their part. Hopefully, we are not in a hurry to build your own home. Use of inferior materials means that it will hold today, what about tomorrow?
Two, there was no prayer, God was not asked, "what do you want me to do." In other words no one noticed that the bridge was unstable. Then there was some efforts put into the bridge when the chairs were brought out. The chairs extended way past the troubled river that needed to be crossed. Sometimes we are caught up in too much and not enough of just right. Remember, Nabal was a man who depended on being rich by how much he had.
Lets stop for a moment. There where four kinds of riches, what you know, what you do, what you are and what you have. Nabal was rich in what he had which led to his downfall, he did not use it well.
Three, I did not say that you could not talk to each other, so there was no communication. The first brother could have told the next brother his intent for the construction of the bridge. This same scenario could happen in a marriage or even with your children, no communication.
Four, looking at the final product someone should have noticed all the mistakes in its construction and attempted to correct them. I had mentioned that someone was going to cross the bridge. How many mistakes do we just let pass and we don't attempt to fix them or ask God how to fix them? We cannot, cannot, cannot be satisfied with the inferior construction of our lives.
Five, as a Pastor, I could not have let anyone even attempt to cross this bridge. As a leader in the church, your home or your community we cannot stand on sidelines and let church members, neighbors, family or even you cross unstable bridges. God had given me this sermon, and how to build a bridge. I had to borrow from my neighbor (St. Antony's) to build a safe structure for the brothers to cross. It took prayer but most of all it took a listening ear. God gave it to me and therefore I am free but I sought Him first. (And I am also free of liability).

Pastor J