Our First Day of Work

April 12, 2012

Sherry Burns

Sherry Burns

Work day one was an illustration of what power we have in our lives if we wait on the Lord.  The Master’s hand is necessary for production.  We arrived about 10:00 ready to go.  Nine novice mason’s with all the knowledge we could possibly imagine.  We gathered all our tools and promptly passed about 200 cinderblocks up to the second floor with speed and agility working as tight brothers and sisters with a very efficient assembly line.  We were stoked.  We were going to hammer this job out in record time.  We got the cement mixer set up with a rope and bucket up to the second floor and began sending it up with four of our “best” professional masons on the roof.  After two hours of putting up about 10 blocks over and over again, trying to get them straight and level the true Master Mason and his two trained buddies showed up.  After checking out our work it had to come down just one more time.  The Master kindly picked up the block, laid some cement on the wall and tied off the strings to keep them straight.  Our “best” looked on in amazement as he placed the blocks with little effort and great precision.  Within three more hours, there were four walls in place, perfectly aligned and finished to perfection. 

Pastor David Morton

Seminary in La Paz

Isn’t that the way we are sometimes?  Don’t worry God I’ve got this one covered.  I don’t need to wait on you.  I’ve got all the knowledge I need to complete this task set before me.  We try and try of our own strength and knowledge.  We work and work and end up with absolutely nothing done right.  We finally surrender to the Master’s hand and with ease in our lives with no strength of our own, we accomplishes the task He chose for us.  Did you get that?  HE accomplishes the task using our hands and feet with no effort of our own strength.  He has the task already worked out, all we have to do is wait on the Master.    Sherry Burns