A Secure, Stable, Solid Foundation….

If you built your house on a fault line in California, do you think you’d ever be 100% confident it would last your entire lifetime? Probably not, if you’re a rational, common sense person. It’s the same for what we believe and how we live our lives. If God is an afterthought or absent in our life, how can we be confident or certain of the things we do? Knowing you’re living by your own determination, and living life based on whatever you believe is right, it cannot bring security, peace, or hope that satisfies the soul. It can only bring temporary satisfaction, because you know at any time, that unstable ground underneath your house could crumble to the ground, leaving you homeless, having all your earthly treasures destroyed. Building your life upon Jesus, is like building your house upon an indestructible foundation. It brings hope, confidence, and security, because you know nothing can destroy it. The winds come, the earth quakes, the storms may batter the house, but the foundation won’t crack; it won’t allow what’s resting upon it to crumble. I’ve been in bad storms before, camping in the mountains in terrible thunderstorms. It’s not fun. It’s scary. I don’t seek those types of experiences out. But if I’m ever in those situations in life, I know what my house is built upon. I know Jesus is the foundation of my life. With that knowledge, I move forward knowing with Him, I can weather the storm. And the best part about it is this: when it sunny and beautiful outside, I can enjoy it more, because I’m not wasting any thoughts or energy on the “what ifs” in life, creating anxiety or worry. Jesus frees me from the harmful effects of these human maladies. What are you building your house upon? Solid rock? Or unstable sand?

24 “Anyone who listens to My teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.26 But anyone who hears My teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, 29 for He taught with real authority–quite unlike their teachers of religious law. Matthew 7:24-29