Building a house in the Spirit is doing what the Word says. Speaking the Word of God into the atmosphere changes the atmosphere because it elevates your environment to match the frequency of heaven. Speaking the Word of God out loud releases the life in the Word into your situation, your heart, your life, and your destiny.
When you speak the Word, you internalise it. It becomes part of you. When you battle sickness and confess, “By His stripes I am healed” (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV), you’re teaching your mind and your body that you don’t bow to sickness because it bows to Jesus.
When you feel discouraged, tell your soul, “Why are you cast down, O my soul? Why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance” (Psalm 42:5 NKJV). Doing this teaches your heart, mind, and lips that you don’t bow to discouragement or depression because they bow to Jesus.
And when you feel too weak to go on, you remind yourself that “His grace is sufficient for you, and in weakness His strength is perfected” (2 Corinthians 12:9). What you confess becomes what you live, and what you live is the truth in the Word of God.
Building a house in the Spirit matters because that’s the only way to build on Jesus and not be shaken or ashamed. If you call Him Lord but don’t do what He says, you’re building on sand, and your house will fall (Luke 6:46, 49 NKJV). If you call Him Lord and do what He says, you’re building on Him as your Rock, and your house will stand (Luke 6:47-48 NKJV). In both instances, you’ll build a house, yes, but you get to choose if it weathers the storm or not. And only in Christ do you have any hope of standing.
This house I’m talking about is your life. What you stand for, what you believe in, and what’s precious to you are all evident in the kind of house you build, aka the kind of life you live.
Is your house built on Jesus, or is it built on you? Are you building in the Spirit, or are you building in the flesh? When the storms of life come, and they will, will your house remain, or will it fall?
Dig Deep, Build to Last
“Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock” (Luke 6:47-48 NKJV).
Digging deep is doing what the Word says. It’s taking the time to learn, obey, and absorb God’s principles so you’re living them out in your daily life, not just in church on Sunday and life group on Wednesday.
When you build a house and dig deep, you’re going beyond the surface to get grounded deep in the Rock, and that Rock is Jesus. That means you spend enough time reading and listening to the Word until it forms you, shapes you, and strengthens you in your walk with God.
Your house, aka your life, is up to you to surrender to God and do His will, or do your own thing and your own will. God is beholden to uphold His Word, but He’s not beholden to uphold your flesh.
Did you catch that?
God is beholden to uphold His Word, but He’s not beholden to uphold your flesh.
That means that when you hear the Word and do what it says, His very nature as God guarantees your protection and stability. Yes, the flood will come, but it won’t take you out because it can’t take you out. You’re built on the Rock, and He’s strong enough to withstand any and every tidal wave crashing around you. Obedience to God guarantees an eternal reward, and that truth is unshakeable.
But when you don’t do what the Word says and you build in your flesh, your house falls down in the flood. This means that the command to obey God is for your protection, not your restriction. Staying focused on God and doing His will keeps you from destruction, which is all your flesh has to offer.
If we don’t build our house in the Spirit, we run the risk of labouring in vain and having nothing to show for it. God is too good to let us go down that road without warning us about it first.
Think Different, Build Different
The Bible says, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2 NKJV).
Paul tells us not to think like the rest of the world, which means don’t build like the rest of the world. When you’re “transformed by the renewing of your mind,” you’re thinking the way Jesus thinks because you’re listening to what He’s saying, and so you’re building your house on Him because you’re also doing what He’s saying. Thinking like Jesus is how you live out the will of God.
Why is it urgent to build your house in the Spirit? Because everything else will fail.
Trends will fail. Culture will fail. Fame and success will fail. You and the people around you will fail at something one day, because we’re all human, and we’re not infallible.
But the Word of God will never fail because it’s true forever. Jesus wil never fail because He is God, He’s alive forever, and He’s victorious over every power of darkness. What He teaches is true because He is true, and so we can confidently build our lives on Him knowing that we’ll never be shaken when we do.
I want to remind you today that your life is a gift from God. Being saved and having eternity to look forward to is a gift too great to earn. How you live here reflects how fully submitted you are to Jesus and how far you’re willing to go for His sake.
Digging deep to build on the Rock will cost you. It’ll cost you your carnal pleasures, your worldly friends, and every hidden, forbidden thing tugging at your heart and eyes.
Doing what the Lord says so you can stay in His “good and acceptable and perfect will” (Romans 12:2c NKJV) will cost you your excuses and your flesh, but in the end, they’re just deadweight anyway.
The real pleasures and treasure that last for eternity are all in Jesus, not in the world.
Where are you building your house today?
Thank you for posting this. This is deep and it definitely encouraged me tremendously.
You’re welcome, Kratika! Thank you for reading. I’m so glad it helped. I think this is a time for us to build our minds so we can build our lives. May we build according to the Word, and not according to the world.
Amen Oti! Thinking different to build different 💯
Thank you, Charisma! Yes, we need to think different if we’re going to think and build Kingdom. 😊