Grace for your spirit. February 28, 2012

Grace for your spirit
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. The rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house, and it fell and great was its fall. Matthew 7:26-27

Remember the song, "On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand." I remember those jungle movies I saw as a kid. How scary it was to see someone stuck and sinking in the quicksand. Their only hope was to find someone to pull them out, and put them on solid ground. Their own struggle and effort only caused them to sink in deeper and deeper. Their only salvation came from the mercy of one outside the quicksand.. The words of Jesus in this "Sermon on the Mount", was the solid rock of truth. Those who rejected it would be building their lives on sand. When the rains, floods, and winds, would come, that house would fall. Those who would listen and build their house on the words of Jesus, would be like building a house on a rock. That is a house that will stand firm, and not go "splat". If we find our lives in a sinkhole, let's allow Jesus pull us out, and rebuild on the solid rock before it is too late. It is not enough to just be amazed at the words of Jesus. We need to build our lives on them too.