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By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. – Proverbs 24:3-4

I don’t think I could ever be involved in building a house from the ground up. There are simply too many decisions to be made and I’d get lost in trying to make the right choices. Nor would I want to do a major remodeling project – I simply don’t have the knowledge, the time, or the patience to do it. Nope – no home improvement projects for me. I have one word when it comes to things like that – CONTRACTOR.

I’m thinking Solomon agreed. I don’t think he spent time wondering the aisles of the spiritual Home Depot, trying to figure out how to do this whole Spirituality thing. He didn’t wander through the store trying to find a book that would tell him house to build his Spiritual House. He didn’t wander around looking for the right aisle to walk down. He didn’t gather all the materials he could, begin building his Spiritual house himself and end up exhausted. He simply got himself the best contractor and supplier he could find. He found himself a contractor that is in business with the Master Builder. Sounds costly, I know. Seems like it would be hard to get this contractor to work Him into what must be an overly busy schedule. But not so – this guy works for free and is available 24-7. It is simply a matter of asking for his help – and Solomon did just that. When God asked him what he wanted, he asked for building materials – wisdom – from the Master Builder.

I’m certain you have a pretty good idea who he has working for him – but just in case you don’t, the following verse should help you figure it out.

"The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.” - Isaiah 11:2

Notice the parallels – Solomon says a house is built through wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. And Isaiah tells us the name of the contractor and supplier of the building materials – the Spirit of the Lord. The thing I like best about the parallel between the above verses is that there where written by two guys who lived centuries apart – but both under the Inspiration of that very Spirit. That same Spirit rested on Christ (Luke 4:18) and is promised to us (John 14:15-27). All we have to do is ask.

So I urge you again today – and every day – to ask that the Spirit would rest on you. I’m certain I’ve mentioned this several times before, but it is so foundational to the building of your Spiritual House. I pray for it every day – a practice that I intend to keep for the rest of my life. Without it my Spiritual House crumbles. With it, it stands through any storm. I pray that God would fill from the top of my head to the tips of my toes with his Spirit. I pray for the Spirit of power and love and then I pray Isaiah 11:2 over myself. Then I leave the supplying and the building up to the Master Builder.

Today's post was submitted by Carol Bartels