- Building Great - Building On The Foundation - Planning Series

Take for example Vik Muniz and what he did with the garbage pickers of Gramacho, Jardim Gramacho is the largest landfill in the world, The Godzilla of garbage dumps. What Rio de Janeiro discards Gramancho takes.

And what Gramancho takes, catadores scavange About three thousand garbage pickers scrAPE A living out of the garbage. They salvage two hundred tons of recyclable material daily. They trail the never ending convoy of trucks, trudging up the mountains of garbage and sliding down the other side, snagging scraps along the way. Plastic bottles, tubes, wires and parer are sorted and sold to wholesalers who stand on the edge of the dump.

Across the bay the Christ the redeemer statue extends his arms towards Rio’s South Zone and it million dollar beachfront apartments. Tourists flock there; no one comes to Gramancho. No one except Vic Muniz.

This Brazillian born artist convinced five garbage workers to pose for individual portraits. Suelem and eighteen year old Mother of two, has worked the garbage since the age of seven, Isis is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. Zumbi reads every book he finds in the trash. Irma cooks discarded

Jean-Paul Marat was overcome with emotion that the image made in his likeness in the interpretation of Machiavelli sold and for so much money. He expressed to Vik that “God was so good to me, so wonderful” to which Vik replies” you’re the strong one, you are the one who is doing everything.” I reflected on this scene for some time, though Jean-Paul had used his faith in God to come to this point, Vik Muniz who had brought the opportunity to him was not thinking in the same context. Sometimes when you believe in God. God will begin to establish his plans around you as he did for Jean Paul Marat.

You need plans to build and God will establish his plans in your life.

Paul says: . 11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

So the question is how do we build well?

The first answer is – we have already mentioned it – build according to God’s plan! How do we build according to God’s plan

Proverbs 16:3Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

Commit your way to the Lord!!!!First point really is if you want to build a quality house out of your life Work to God’s plan!!!!

Jesus made it clear that God has a plan for our lives in John 15:16, "You didn’t choose me. I

chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit…” He chose YOU! He has