I watched them tearing a building down,
A crew of men in a busy town,
With a Ho heave Ho and a lusty yell,
They swung a boom and a side wall fell.
I asked the foreman, Are these men skilled,
The kind you would hire if you had to build?
He gave a laugh and said, No indeed,
Just unskilled labor is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two,
What has taken builders years to do.
Then I thought to myself as I went my way,
Which of these roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by the rule and square,
Or am I a wrecker who walks around,
Content with the labor of tearing down?
Author Unknown
This little poem reminds me of something our Lord has said: “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Matthew 12:30).”
To which crew do you belong? Perhaps many will see themselves as neither builders nor wreckers. Their lives are filled with cares and ambitions of their own; they don’t have time for God or the things of God. But according to these scriptures, there is no middle ground; if you are not working for the Lord and His cause, you are working against Him.