Philippians 3:12 NIV Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Let’s Look at 5 points that Take Place While we are Under Construction by God. 1. Change Change is hard. Construction can be uncomfortable, change is uncomfortable because we are creatures of routine, repetition, so when changes are introduced into our lives we get out of sorts because it disrupts our norm, the system that we've put in place. For example, construction on our route to work, a very familiar route can be very disruptive and uncomfortable for us. Why?...because it changes everything that is our norm, our routine. It can make us late for work and frustrate us because it doesn't lend itself to our norm. 2. Growing Growth never happens in stagnation or routine, it never happens where there's no disruption. Change is inevitable for growth. Most of us want to grow but do not want the disruption growth brings. Pregnant Mothers: Babies never enter this world without changes to the mother's life. They never come without disputing our norms and routines. As the baby grows within the mother's womb, the baby causes changes in the mother that are disruptive and painful at times. When we are under God's construction and development, it will be painful because it comes with changes and growth, and the two are interconnected. 3. Gaining Weight In your growth, you always gain weight. When God's developing us, we often get uncomfortable because again, like the pregnant mothers the baby is growing and developing within her and it causes her to gain weight. The weight gain is a sign that growth is taking place. It is a sign that you are being equipped to carry that which God has gifted you with and trusted you to do. 4. Grace Construction is disruptive but it's really God's mercy at work in our lives. The Bible says whom the Lord loves he corrects. Most of the time construction is always to improve and make better. God's construction in our lives is a sign of his grace and mercy towards us. Embrace his grace for the season of construction in your life. You are under construction and it is your development process to bring about your Greatness. Grace is the unmerited favor that strengthens us when we fall short. It’s God’s assurance that His power works best in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). 5. Guidance Construction comes with new signs, on the highway when there's construction, it always has lots of signs to guide us in the midst of the disruption. Sometimes they give us another route to take, sometimes they change the speed limit to a slower speed. Sometimes it says narrow lanes, or stay in your lane, it also says, detour and it gives you another route that you might not be familiar with. However, all of these signs are for us to get to where we were going in the first place. They are there to guide us. It's guidance. Construction is guidance, family. We are under construction. Our entire life is one big construction project for God. Embrace it and become all that God has created you to be. Please share this episode with someone else and be blessed. Please see the links below to support us financially. God bless you. Life’s Happening Devotional Book is Availble for Purchase at Amazon: https://a.co/d/4VWvg9Z Get your Life's Happening Podcast Swag Clothing at https://gi-apparels.printify.me/products Please email us at lifeshappeningdevotional@gmail.com. Please visit our website to purchase your Copy of our 30-Day Devotional Book: https://lifeshappeningdevotional.com/books/ Check out our YouTube Podcast Channel and Subscribe and share it with others: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0qn_Yy0bxWHRrEdWCzQqlw