Calling Craftsmen and Builders...
- Jan 19
- 2 min read
who will labor once again!
When God says, "They don't write 'em like that anymore." He is saying that kind of quality, depth, or craftsmanship is rare today compared to the past.” What is really being implied beneath the words is that there has been a loss of depth.
Maybe you have said it this way, “THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THAT ANYMORE." You were probably talking about a person or a product. The statement is made about a person who has persevered, one who has endured. One who hasn't quit when quitting probably felt like an option. The statement is made about a product that has stood the test of time, also endured.
Depth creates endurance. When there is a loss of depth in the Christian life they begin to feel that battles are impossible to overcome and correction feels very personal, hence offense is taken. They do not have the substance to sustain them.
There was a time when sermons had eternity in them.When messages had conviction, not just comfort.When preaching carried weight, not just wit or cleverness. As a result, we have churches filled with believers who are informed, but not formed. When something is FORMED it is shaped into becoming what it was meant to be. When Noah was building the ark, it was being formed into what it was meant to be. God said He was "forming" ... raising a people who will preach Heaven and hell in the same breath and preach the Cross as a place of death, not decoration.
God is making a CALL TO RESTORE SPIRITUAL CRAFTSMANSHIP. This is a Call to, in essence, GET TO WORK! We know God has said, it is a "Year to Work" God is not looking for better branding, He is looking for better BUILDERS. Heaven is asking, "Where are the builders who will labor again?” God is calling a people back to work that costs something, faith that survives a delay, obedience that outlives applause and Ministry that still works when no one is watching.
Prophetically, God said it was a year of Expansion. God never authorizes expansion until He identifies the builders. Builders are different than volunteers. Volunteers help when it’s convenient. Builders show up because the work demands it. You don’t authorize expansion with helpers.You authorize expansion with builders. In 1 Corinthians 3:10, Paul says, "As a wise master builder, I laid a foundation…” There has been a strong foundation built! So the Call has gone out, "Where are the builders who will labor again?”
Let's discuss:
Where has my faith become informed but not formed—and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again?
Am I approaching God’s work as a volunteer who serves when it’s convenient, or as a builder who labors because Heaven has authorized the assignment?
What kind of craftsmanship is my life producing right now—will it stand the test of time, delay, correction, and unseen obedience?
Thank you, Rev. Conne, for another fantastic message that is truly helping the Body of Christ to grow.
Where has my faith become informed but not formed—and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again? My faith has definitely been informed in the area of health and healing but not really formed. God is inviting me to actively obey Him in the small things He has instructed me to do in this area and to simply trust. I don't know how else to explain this but for so long if I had a symptom or felt sick, etc. I would start commanding and rebuking the thing to go. A shift has happened and I don't…
Where has my faith become informed but not formed – and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again? My faith became informed in my private time with God. I know that I sound like a broken record, but that is what God has been dealing with me on since Trumpets. He has been forming me since then. Every message and time spent with Him has been shoring up foundations that have been weakened. Taking time daily to be still before God. More Mary and less Martha. Spending time in the word, prayer, and His presence without allowing myself to be distracted. Also, not being distracted in and with life in general.
Am I…
Where has my faith become informed but not formed—and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again?
It's one thing to study for the test, to put the work in for the job at hand. Or the requirements at hand. It's another thing to build and strengthen a relationship with God simply because you want to. I know this in my head yet that part of me has to be formed. The squeaky wheel gets the crease and I guess I've never heard God be a squeaky wheel. He wants to be wanted and I desire that to be formed in me.
Am I approaching God’s work as a volunteer who serves when…
1. Where has my faith become informed but not formed—and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again?
He's inviting me to rebuild the same level of satisfaction and fulfillment as crafting in the natural. It is possible in study and prayer and in His glory and in being His witness to be fulfilled. But when I stay surface level, don't soak in depth, don't allow Him to form me, don't Love God and Love people as He sets the pattern for... it truly does not satisfy my soul.
There was a window of time in my life that personifies this. After work, I would go to this picturesque pond by a library and study…
Just like last week, this message will endure the test of time. Powerful and so necessary for everyone who REALLY want and see the cross as a place of death not a decoration around their neck!
Where has my faith become informed but not formed—and what depth is God inviting me to rebuild so I can endure again?
Expansion and a deeper foundation in Him and His Word was formed in me on Sunday so I can become anchored deeper in His Ways and the Flow of His Spirit so expansion can occur within me but others can come and abide here in BAM PA.
Am I approaching God’s work as a volunteer who serves when it’s convenient, or as…