“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and yet it did not fall, for its foundation had been built on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
- Matthew 7:24-27
This familiar passage has always been a great comfort. It is an encouragement to build our lives with good materials and precious tools of righteousness. It is up to us to act upon the words of our God and to live according to His righteousness, but when the storms come and the winds blow, it is not the house that we build which stands. The reason we can stand is the Rock beneath us. A home is not build in a day and it takes continually effort to build layer by layer. If we are just starting to build or rebuild, let us seek Adonai for strength, guidance, and the tools to begin. As we strive to live as Yeshua commands, we may only do so upon the foundation He has built so that our confidence lies in His strength to weather the storm.
