The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Matthew 7:24-27,
"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. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that 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 winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Jesus likens our lives here on earth, and the decisions we make that order them to a house builder and the decisions he makes. In that we all have only one life to live (and no, there is no such thing as reincarnation, "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many..." Hebrews 11:27-28), how important that we order this one life we have to live wisely!
"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. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that 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 winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."
Jesus likens our lives here on earth, and the decisions we make that order them to a house builder and the decisions he makes. In that we all have only one life to live (and no, there is no such thing as reincarnation, "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many..." Hebrews 11:27-28), how important that we order this one life we have to live wisely!
Just as building a house on sand provides for no secure foundation, building our lives on anything whatsoever else than Jesus Christ results in a life devoid of enduring strength and resiliency.
Just as a builder makes his choices on how to build a house, so the Lord has given us both the freedom and the responsibility to make our own choices in how we "build" our lives. It is up to each one of us as to how we build our lives.
Will the choices we make bring stability? Will the choices we make bring enduring resiliency? Will the choices we make us eternal life or eternal judgement? These are of the most important issues any of us will face, and the thing is, it is all in our hands. The Lord has placed them there.
How is your life coming along? Have you made those wise choices the Lord spoke of? If not, right now is not too late to begin building on the firm foundation of Jesus Christ!
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