I often passed a certain house on my way to work. The house looked like a normal house, and the family who lived in it was comfortable there. But one day a power shovel came and began to dig a huge hole in the empty lot next to that house. There were a lot of office buildings nearby, and they were preparing to build a parking garage on the empty lot.
They dug a hole about 20 feet deep, and then workmen went in with hand shovels to dig out the dirt close to the house. It was not long before so much dirt had been dug out that the foundation of the house could be seen. It was a big mistake. And it was soon clear that the builders of the house had made an even bigger mistake. The foundation of the house had been built on layers of sand and clay — one of the worst combinations for a foundation. One day, without any warning, the whole house fell into the hole, furniture and all! The family was all away or they all could have been killed.
That house built on the sand and clay had been lived in for many years, but when a problem came, it fell, with no warning.
Did you know that each of us is like a builder who is building a house, as we live our lives? And ... each of us is building our lives on either a good foundation or a bad one. Jesus said that anyone who heard what He said but didn’t obey what He said was like a foolish man, “which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it” (Matthew 7:26-2726And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:26‑27)). He also said that the person who heard what He said and did obey was like a wise man, “which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock” (Matthew 7:24-2524Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (Matthew 7:24‑25)).
Are you a wise builder or a foolish builder?
Messages of God’s Love 5/12/2024