Build A Strong Foundation
"I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hear's my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment for torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." -- Luke 6:47-49
Alex is churning in the waters off the coast of Mexico. The oil spill in the Gulf seems to be on a path of never-ending destruction. The waves are getting higher. It seems impossible that we can get through this storm and the almost certainty of another one as the hurricane season and oil spill continue.
These storms are but two in the storms of life. I know. They're pretty massive, especially the one closest to home. Our Gulf has forever been changed by the mistakes of a greedy company. We can either cave in to the pressure and stop fighting or we can stand tall and kneel down in humility before our God.
That's the thing about faith and storms. A person with strong faith can weather any storm. But a person with a weak faith will be battered and tossed around until the storm destroys it. I think that's what Jesus was saying in this passage. It's easy to be faithful, to believe, when the waters around us are calm. But the storm, well, that changes things. It sifts the strong from the weak.
It is so important to build our spiritual foundation on Solid Rock. To read and study. To pray. To listen to God's voice. To do those things each day, whether we think we have time or not. Because when the storm hits, we won't have time to wish for what we didn't do. We will flounder because we didn't sink our foundation in His Word when our lives were calm.
We have a choice each day. A person with active faith builds on their foundation every day. A person with inactive faith doesn't have the time. Which path do you follow? How will you weather the storms of life?
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