Whew. This past year and a half has been… yeah.
It seems like ever since I started following Jesus, I’ve experienced loss after loss. Everything just started falling apart. Things I spent years building disappeared, and because of that, I found myself becoming bitter.
“God, why would You allow this to happen? I thought You loved me.”
But here’s what I didn’t understand: not every loss means you’ve lost.
Sometimes things fall apart so they can be put back together the right way. Just because you’re moving doesn’t mean you’re moving in the right direction. Just because you’ve built something doesn’t mean it was built on the right foundation.
What we often fail to realize is that the foundation is everything. It’s the structure. The glue. The part responsible for holding the entire thing together.
Psalm 127:1 reminds us:
“Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain.”
You can build an entire empire, but if that empire isn’t built on Jesus, it may stand for a season. It may even stand for your entire life on earth. But remember, we won’t remain in these earthly bodies forever. One day, we will all stand before our Father, and the foundation we built upon will be made clear.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 tells us that no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. Everything else is temporary. Everything else will eventually be tested by fire.
If you want something that lasts, something that echoes into eternity, it must be built on Jesus.
When I look back, I realize that so much of what I built was rooted in fear, pride, lust, insecurity, and lies. How could those things stand in the presence of Truth Himself?
They couldn’t.
They did exactly what Scripture said they would do.
They fell apart.
But in His love and mercy, God gave me another opportunity. He gave me the chance to rebuild and to do it right this time.
I was so blinded by anger, disappointment, and frustration that I couldn’t see what was really happening. I thought I was suffering loss, but in reality, I was being given a new beginning.
Sometimes our emotions can blind us. They make us feel things so strongly that we assume our feelings are facts. That’s why Scripture tells us not to lean on our own understanding. God’s ways truly are not our ways. He doesn’t think like we think, and He doesn’t move the way we move.
I’m grateful for that.
He’s not like man, swayed by emotions or limited by perspective. He is wisdom itself. And sometimes, in His wisdom, He leads us through valleys we would have never chosen for ourselves.
Sometimes He walks us through shadows.
Sometimes He allows things to die.
Sometimes He tears down what we’ve spent years building.
But the glory waiting on the other side cannot be compared to the suffering of the journey.
Proverbs 27:6 says:
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”
Not everything that feels good is good for you.
In fact, when Judas betrayed Jesus, he identified Him with a kiss. He approached Jesus saying, “Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed Him before handing Him over to be arrested.
The betrayal didn’t come with a warning sign.
It came wrapped in affection.
That’s why we must be careful not to judge situations solely by how they make us feel. Everything that glitters isn’t gold, and everything that hurts isn’t harm.
Sometimes God’s greatest acts of love feel painful in the moment.
I’ll leave you with this:
Trust God.
No matter what you’re walking through, hold on and don’t let go. You may not know what’s coming next, but if Jesus is with you, then you already know how the story ends.
He never promised an easy road.
But He did promise the victory.
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