Years ago we received the word of the Lord to build His house in Sikkim; to establish a place for His glory! And a big part of building something in the spirit is building in the natural too. So, we began building…and we continue to build, in the spirit and in the natural.
Haggai 1:8
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
God has commissioned us to build, and God gave Haggai a three step plan, a plan that will work when followed:
- Go up to the mountain…
- Bring wood…
- Build the house…
As natural needs mount in response to spiritual growth, the need to build becomes more and more pressing. But pressing needs don’t mean being pressured and seeking natural solutions. We must press in, and we must press in spiritually.
This then is how we build: We go up the mountain, the mountain of prayer! We gather wood, indicative of the Word of the Lord, and we build.
The foundation is prayer and the Word of God! Remember, Jesus said, “…my house shall be called the house of prayer…”
The house of prayer.
His house, the house we’re building, is a house of prayer. It is built on prayer and prayer alone will supply the needed building materials. We will continue to build! Prayerfully. According to the Word of the Lord! This puts the work in God’s hands, and He’s the only One that knows all the details anyway, so it’s fitting.
Remember, “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it…”