One of my all time favorite movies is, Field of Dreams. Ray Kinsella is a thirty-six year old husband, father, and novice farmer who hears a voice in a corn field tell him, “if you build it he will come.” His interpretation of this message is that he is to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were banned from baseball for throwing the World Series that year. When the voices continue over the course of a few days Ray seeks out an author to help him understand the messages and the purpose of the field.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1)

Have you ever tried to build something without first reading the instructions? Or maybe you read the instructions but chose to toss them aside thinking, “I’ve got this”? Yes, just like sin, we’re all guilty of doing it.

I have a family member who is having her home built even as you read this. She’s anxious to get moved in and settled. We were just talking about this the other day when she referenced a conversation with the builder that went something like, “So, you’re going to be done by mid July”? The builder responded, “Ha! No, it won’t be that soon but it won’t be too much longer.”

If SHE builds it; she will labor in vain and it won’t come.

What are you waiting for? We’re all waiting for something; but what are YOU waiting for? What is it in your life that God said he would rebuild, build, heal or restore? Are you tired of hearing the voices and ready to take matters into your own hands?

YOU can’t rebuild a broken marriage; but GOD can!

YOU can’t build your business; but GOD can!

YOU can’t heal a loved one who is dying; but GOD can!

YOU can’t restore what you’ve lost; but GOD can!

YOU can’t rebuild a broken family, but GOD can!

YOU can’t build your ministry; but GOD can!

YOU can’t heal someone else’s or even your hard and broken heart; but GOD can!

YOU can’t restore a broken relationship; but GOD can!

I’ve heard this story many times and in many different ways about a little boy who broke a wing on his toy plane. He brings the broken plane into is father’s office and asks him if would fix it. The father says he will and asks his son to lay it on his desk. The son gently puts the plane on the corner of the desk and then he waits. The father notices his son and tells him that he can’t fix it right now but he will fix it later. The little boy returns to playing but returns repeatedly to his father who promptly repeats his initial message to his son.

You and I have two choices; we can choose to leave our “plane” in the hands of our father or we can choose to fly the “plane” with a broken wing.

In the movie, Ray Kinsella builds his field, he finds meaning for the messages through the author and then the purpose of the field is revealed; the boys who were banned from baseball were able to play again BUT Ray is able to reconcile with his father who happens to be one of the invited guests of the ghosts.

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1)

God is a builder, a healer, a reconciler, a restorer and he makes all things new!

You and I can’t do it! Leave the bag of LEGO’s in his capable hands and let him REBUILD, BUILD, HEAL, AND RESTORE one piece at a time.

If YOU build it He won’t come

If YOU leave it in his hands; the BEST is yet to come!