Matthew 7:24-27

Therefore whosoever heareth these saying of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descnded, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.  And every one that heareth these saying of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house up on the sand: And the rain descended upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

In both circumstances the rain fell, the water invaded, the winds demanded our attention, but this house did not fall, this house founded upon a rock.  The Lord is promising His safe-keeping if we only accept His provisions as our own. 

I will joyfully look to the Lord for His provisions because He is waiting for me to accept them as my own.  My God is the Supreme Excavator of the heart. 

There Sears Tower in the city of Chicago  is said to "sway with the wind".  Could you imagine building a 110 story building on a foundation of sand?  This was a major undertaking!  The result was a 440 million pound tower made with enough concrete to build an eight-lane, five-mile-long highway, enough steel to build 50,000 automobiles, and enough telephone wiring to wrap around the world 1.75 times.  It stands at 1,454 feet tall and stands on 114 long round poles of wood, concrete or steel that are sunk 10 feet into the earth so that they stand on solid bedrock.  The definition of bedrock according to construction experts is "the solid rock layer beneath sand or silt".  So the fact is that we have to put some effort forth.  Sure it would be easier to build upon the sand, but the foundation that will stand the test of time and trial lies beneath the sand.  Dig a little...dig a lot...search deep into scripture so that you can stand firm in the foundation of Christ.

© Victoria Sheahan, 2005