We need Fire - Mark Cerfonteyn

The Rock - Paarl

The kingdom of God needs built people. People who spend intentional time building their lives to walk with God through challenges and pressures of life. We aren’t supposed to be shaped by media, trends, or popular opinions. God wants to build us to have a greater impact in this world. There is an inner and an outer anointing on your life. The outer represents your talents, skills, gifts and abilities. But the inner anointing is character and integrity. Those spiritual disciplines and habits that shape our lives. Those things you do beyond a Sunday service. Q: Do you spend time building your life in Christ outside of a Sunday? How? We don’t need spiritual ‘highs’ alone. We also need spiritual consistency. Being built Christian’s means having some spiritual consistency in our everyday life. God is building you for the many years ahead of you, not just today! So how is God wanting us to be built: 1️⃣ Be built different When we are built different we aren’t built by this culture norms. What builds us is the faithfulness of God. It’s his Word that shapes us and his Spirit that leads our lives. In Mark 14:3 we see that Mary pours our a very expensive perfume on Jesus. She was fully invested in giving her life to Jesus. She took the step to do what no one in the room was willing to do. [Reflect and consider the last time you changed your schedule or inconvenienced your own plans for God. ] 2️⃣ Be built devoted We need to have an eternal longing to remain devoted to God and his call on our lives. Devotion is proven when no one is watching. In Mark 14:3 we see the devotion of Mary that brought her into the presence of Jesus. Her faithfulness wasn’t limited by the customs of the day. She was fully devoted to bringing her best to Jesus. It’s never a waste to be excessive in our devotion to God! Q: Why do you think it is so important that we live with a greater devotion to God in this day and age? 3️⃣ Be built dangerous There is too much working against the Kingdom of God for us to be timid. We need to be ‘dangerous’ and effective for the kingdom of God! Mary broke the jar of perfume in the house of Simon the Leper, which would have brought a new smell into the house. [ Ask yourself what your “breaking” is bringing. Do your decisions bring you closer to Jesus?] When we live dangerously there is an aroma of power to our lives and our decisions. The love of God is a fragrance that can bring new life to each of us! Let’s be built Christian’s.