By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames. I Corinthians 3:10-15
We have no idea the shoulders we stand on that has allowed us to reach this height. When calculating an algebraic formula, we don’t even know the name of the Muslim man who invented it. When glancing at our watch, we don’t think about the Sumerians whose mathematical system decided there were 60 minutes in an hour. When driving our car into our concrete driveway, we have no idea that the surface is constructed with a substance that has been around for two millennia.
So when you toil away as you build the Kingdom of God, remember who laid the foundation and build carefully, thoughtfully, and with a grateful spirit.
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