Houses are constructed; homes are made.
As a preacher’s kid, my daughter lived in several different homes. The trend continued during her college years. While living on campus, she stayed in several different dorms. Then, when she and a couple of her friends moved off campus, she lived in houses and apartments. After graduation, the practice continued.
Each place was different. Some were large, some small, some cluttered, some neat, some filled with furniture and treasures, and some sparsely furnished. Growing up as a preacher’s kid—and being a preacher myself—I’ve experienced the same.
According to wise King Solomon, it takes wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and education to build a house, apartment, or any type of building. But we can’t measure, cut, and assemble these elements. I believe the writer had a deeper meaning in mind.
Personally, I’ve never built anything except chicken coops, hog sheds, and one small utility shed, but even those small projects required planning, buying materials, measuring, cutting, and putting pieces together if I wanted them to do the job I built them for.
Through his parable of the wise and foolish builders, Jesus points to the importance of a good foundation—something the writer of these verses would probably agree with. The foundation Jesus referenced was more than a literal foundation made of wood or concrete. It was a relationship with him.
While houses are built, homes are made by the lives of the people who live there. When inhabitants build their lives on a relationship with Jesus Christ and live with character, integrity, and principles, that home becomes a place that shines a light far beyond the walls holding it together.
Commit to building your home with the right elements. When you do, it will withstand any storm that may come.
Father, give me the courage to construct my home with lasting materials.
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