Building on sand
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. – Matthew 7:24-27
Building a house on sand is foolish. Whoever builds a house on sand knows that sooner or later its foundation will cede, and the result will be chaos. No one who is mentally sane will try that. However, we can clearly see that our society is constantly building on sand.
We work hard. We have more money. We have more and better things; what we need and even what we don’t need. But we have no time to enjoy family or possessions. Too many sacrifices and no time to enjoy life. This is building on sand.
We put our hope on the elected officials. But even if they have good intentions, the truth is that placing our trust in them is like building on sand. We have trusted the economy, but we realize that it is like an air balloon which is deflating, and though it is re-inflated it has so many leaks that there is no way to stop the process. Once again, this is like building on sand. We rely on religious leaders, but we have seen how many of those who are supposed to set an example fail to give a positive witness. We keep building on sand.
We have been blessed by God, but we have placed our hope in the blessings when we shall have placed our hope in the God who has blessed us. This is still building on sand.
Is there no hope? There is, but not in the worldly things. Everything in this world is temporary and should have never been our foundation for hope.
The global situation that we are experiencing should serve as a warning for us to put our hope in God alone and not in what He has given us or what we have achieved. Only after we are able to understand this truth, and begin living according to it, we will be building on the rock.
Let’s not be foolish, let’s hear the word of God and live according to it. Only then we will be building our future on a solid foundation; on the eternal rock: Jesus.
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