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Where Is Our House Built!?!

How long have many of us been Christians? I ask that question because most of us should know by now that the Christian life is hard work. Jesus never said it would be easy for us. He only told us that our walk with Him requires us to strive to implement the truths of His Word into our life. Spiritual depth and maturity do not just fall on us. It take consistent effort on our part.

"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock." Matthew 7:24.

Jesus had just concluded the Sermon on the Mount. A sermon that sets forth for us some of the most profound truths ever spoken. Jesus has clearly explained the kind of life that is pleasing to the Father. But, Jesus knew, even as He was concluding His sermon, that some of those listening to Him would leave and never apply a word they had heard to their own life. Jesus said that a man who take the Word of God and builds them into his life is like a wise man who builds his house on a rock. Rocks are hard to build on. It takes great effort to attach a foundation to a rock. Now a house built on sand, easy! A house built on sand will provide instant comfort to the one who built it. Building on a rock, hard work! Building on a rock is laborious and tedious. But, building on sand leaves the builder in a very vulnerable position, while the one building on the rock is secure.

Our question: How can we tell what kind of foundation our life has been built on? Well, I will give us the easy answer: Watch and see what happens when a storm comes! Jesus did not say that a storm might come, He said that when the storm comes! Our life will have storms, and if our life is built upon the Word of God, it will withstand the very storms that sweep away the life that did not heed God's Word!

Friends, there are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity! Spiritual maturity only comes through hard work and obedience to what God says. Just because we go to church once a week, or read our Bible once in a while, doesn't mean that we have built our house on the rock. We need to not only get into God's Word on a regular basis, we need to also implement it into our lives. In a nutshell: DO WHAT IT SAYS!! The next time you hear Jesus speaking, immediately begin to firmly build His truth into your life, so that no storm can unsettle you!

May God Richly Bless You Today!! H Trent!

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