Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
~ Matthew 7:24 (NIV)
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Some time ago, I watched some news footage of a flooding river in the Mid-West during a storm. It was shocking and tragic. One by one, homes that had seemed secure and sturdy began to crumble like little matchstick models from the surging water, literally disintegrating and being swept away. No more.
Jesus says that is a picture our lives when we listen to what He has to say, but don't apply it to our lives. Our foundation becomes a ruse, a charade, a false sense of security. When trouble arises, we will crumble because we've not built our lives on truth and love, but something else. Something weak and unable to hold us steady in the storm.
Just filling your mind with the Bible is not enough, Jesus says. Just hearing His words does not make effective change in our foundational structure. He says we need to act on them. Why? Because we're in need of change. We're in need of foundational revamping. And His words of truth and love open our eyes to the areas in need of rework. If we get busy and make the necessary changes, we can know that we've built our foundation on that which is solid and secure, founded on God's principles, instead of man's. If we hear what He says and walk away shrugging our shoulders, we leave our lives sitting on a shoddy foundation of man's misconceptions, lies and half-truths, which will never hold up under the pressures of trials and temptations.
How is your spiritual foundation? Solid, or shoddy? Do a safety inspection on your life and see if you're doing what Jesus says, rather than just hearing what He says. You are wise to do so, because your life foundation depends on it.
Love,
Joelene
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