*EACH PERSON BUILDS A HOUSE*
`If anyone’s work which he has built on the foundation remains, he will receive a reward. 1 Corinthians 3:14`
We are all house-builders. To understand this, we could replace the word “house” with“character” or “soul.”We are all of us constructing a life. We do this primarily by the choices we make. Every commitment I make, every friendship I enter, every skill that I cultivate or neglect, every promise I honor or break, becomes a part of my house. You are constructing your life. The quality of the choices you make will determine the quality of your character, your soul.
The house is a common metaphor in the Bible. There are various kinds of material that can be used to build on that foundation. Some use gold and silver and jewels; and some build with sticks, and hay, or even straw! There is going to come a time of testing at Christ’s Judgment Day to see what kind of material each builder has used. Everyone’s work will be put through the fire so that all can see whether or not it keeps its value, and what was really accomplished. Then every workman who has built on the foundation with the right materials, and whose work still stands, will get his pay. But if the house he has built burns up, he will have agreat loss.
We are each one of us responsible for our own house. No oneelse’s.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin