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I Am A Brick!!!

The Lord has a way of speaking to us and teaching to us in various ways. Recently,
while struggling with some issues which I know keep me from arms length from God.
A friend, mentor, and brother in Christ challenged me to read Ephesians and study on
it for 30 days. In this journey I need to seek God and find out who I really am. Who I am
on this earth and who I am in Christ Jesus.

I decided to take this challenge and on June 12, 2008 at about 10:00 PM I decided to
begin reading the letter Paul wrote to the faithful Christian’s in Ephesus . As I read
every word I begin to become hungry for more. I continued to read and absorb the
word allowing it to sink deeply into my soul. I completed the letter and meditated on
the awesome words of truth. In the process God revealed to me the basis of what my
study is going to be about. I immediately rushed into my home office and felt the
urgency to write the following:

I am a brick!!! In the second chapter of Ephesians in the Message Bible it states the
following: God is building a home. He’s using us all- irrespective of how we got here-
in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s
using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the
cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day- a
holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.

This is what the Lord revealed to me. When I got out of the military back in 1996 I
worked at North Georgia Brick Company in Cumming , Georgia for the duration of
three years. During that time I learned an enormous amount about the building
material and the Lord showed me the similarity. Here it is:

As a brick I am formed out of clay. I begin soft, vulnerable, and full of impurities. As I
am formed by the word of the Lord and get the fresh fire of the Holy Spirit I am
hardened into a Christian which can now begin to penetrate the evilness of the
environment. At my core are three holes which stand for the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit. Through these holes all other things in my environment are filtered through.
I stand between God and the outside world as a veneer which people judge the home.
Although beautiful on the outside with my Christian smile showing, the true foundation
of my strength lies behind my face. A pressure washer of hardships and challenges in
my life can erode away the happy face revealing the true make-up of my character
which lies just beneath the surface. As bricks on the house of God, only a selected
few are secured directly to the wall of the Lord. Pastors, evangelist, those who God
has chosen to lead the flocks, and those who stay deep into Gods word are secured
directly to wall with the rest being held together with the mortar of fellowship.
Fellowship mortar made up of the sands of testimonies and experiences and the
cement of the Holy Bible which Bonds us all together. As a brick I can help to
strengthen the foundation by continuing the work of our apostles and prophets and
help to reveal the beauty of the father while being covered with Quoin’s of Jesus
Christ.

Again, I hope that all of you can understand this and it meets you where you are.
When I am sensitive to the Holy Spirit and all Gods glory and he reveals something to
me it is like finding money in your pocket. It is just too good not to share. The best
thing of all is that this is just the beginning. The Lord has so many great tid-bits and
morsels of goodness baked right into his message that it is almost a shame for
others not to have a little taste. In conclusion, I love you all and pray that you all
continue to seek God. We are not to judge one another as we are all red, lumpy clay
until we are formed and solidified in the word of the Lord. When we all come together
we can form the temple which God is at home in!!!!!!!!

Your brother in Christ,

Allen