SCRIPTURE
Matthew 7: 24-27 New Testament
The scripture I chose today is the last parable that Jesus gave in his big sermon on the mount. The sermon takes many pages in Matthew so in other words it is long. There are many illustrations in this sermon, but I picked one about how you build your life.
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice, is like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against the house yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not put them into practice, is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams, rose, and the wind blew and beat against the house, and it fell with a great crash."
LESSON
That story brings a good visual lesson. It reminds me of the three little pigs. You recall that in that children's story there were three pigs, and as it goes the first pig built his house out of straw. Not very sturdy at all. The second pig built his house out of wood. It was sturdier, but not as sturdy as it could be if a storm would come. The third and smartest little pig built his house out of stone so when the wolf blew very, very hard, that house would not fall.
In Jesus's story, there were only two builders, a wise builder and an unwise builder. The wise builder built his house on a rock, a very strong, firm foundation. So when the storm came and the wind blew, and the rain fell that house did not fall. The unwise builder built his house on the sand and as you can visualize, that house did not withstand any kind of storm that came its way. It sunk into the sand.
I think you can grasp the message. The strong foundation, the rock, is the foundation of belief and faith in God. We are to live our life with that firm foundation, holding us up to withstand any trouble or evil that comes our way. If you do not have a strong foundation for God, you will sink into the sand. You will have nothing to withstand any turmoil, evil , that comes your way.
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