Road work is annoying.  It slows us down and takes more time for travel.  It is messy and makes our vehicles dirty.  But construction is necessary.

Route 530 has been under construction for a long time.  The word is that they are putting in sidewalks.   There seems to be no rhyme or reason about how they are going about it.
Traffic is slowed and rerouted as they work.  It would be a lot easier if they could completely close down and do the work and reopen after a few weeks.  But, traffic continues to be congested making travel hard for those driving and for the workers.  We just have to trust that there is an end to this madness and those in authority know what they are doing.

We are under construction.  God is at work in us making us more like Jesus.  There are times when the work gets messy.  We wish we could halt all activity while He works on us.  But life goes on and we drag ourselves through every activity of life aching on the inside.  We don’t know the end results.  We don’t know what God has planned and sometimes we get annoyed that His work is taking so long.  We need to trust that God knows what He is doing.

The word of God tells is in Hebrews 13:21 that God is working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight.  We are under construction.  We don’t get to see the project plans. We are not the ones doing the work.  We are being worked on.  Dr. Richard Allen Farmer says we are “God’s work to be displayed” based on Ephesians 2:10.    God’s work is not always convenient or easy but it is necessary. 

Don’t be discouraged when the work takes longer than you think it should.  I am sure of this, “that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion” (Philippians 1:6).

Joyce Hayes
Artist-in-residence at America’s Keswick