The Architect

Isaiah 46: 9-10

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me
 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure

In the mind of the architect, everything is already “viewed” before any construction is started. Every detail has been scrutinized. The architect knows and “sees” exactly how the building will stand and how it will look upon completion. His plans are laid before him. He knows every detail, where every brick will be laid and every stud will be placed; all this before the first shovel of dirt is turned.

As laborers, we have no access to these plans and can in no way comprehend what the end product will be. We can only do our part and see only what has been built thus far. We view only that specific portion with which we are personally involved. We may be called upon to assemble things in a way that may seem odd to us. But as the structure continues to “come together”, suddenly the oddity takes shape and melds into the rest of the framework. 

Most who are hired to do the labor may never see the finished product. So it is with the masons, who laid the foundation and have now moved on. They are gone long before the framers begin their construction, and so it goes with each crew until the last detail of the building is completed.

And so it is with the great sovereign architect of the world and his plan for it and us. He sees the ending of the thing from the beginning, while we as servants and laborers only view that part on which we may have labored. And as with the laborers of the natural building, the part that we add may not make any sense to us, but that does not matter for it is the completed structure that the architect is concerned about. Many have come before us and many others may come after us; adding their labor to the “building”. But when His building is eventually completed, all that were chosen to be involved in the great work will be brought together in one to view in awe the majestic wonder, the finished work of His great plan.