Have you have ever stood at edge of the ocean, and noticed how quickly the ground underneath you shifts? You may feel steady for a moment, but soon you are mired in the sand, and the longer you stay there, the more unbalanced you become.
Jesus told a parable of a man who built his house upon such shifting sands.
He began with a question:
“Why do you call me ‘Lord Lord’ and not do what I tell you?
This rebuke was followed by a story. One man built his house on a rock, and the storm and the floods came, and that house was not shaken, because it had been built well.
Then there was another house, and this house was built on the sand. When the floods came, that house fell, and the ruin of the house was great.
Jesus said those who follow his words are like the one whose house was built on the rock.
He calls for our lives to be ordered in such a way that we are not just thinking about his words, but living them out and DOING what he says.
While salvation comes by grace through faith in Him, there is a need for our behavior to match our talk.
He calls us to build our lives around the solid rock of himself, around who he is. This necessitates a new way of being and of doing.
The floods and storms will come into every life.
When they do, where will they find your house?
On rock or sand?
May it be on the rock; the sure foundation that will stand the test of time and of trials.
Let it be on the rock that will not fail.
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