“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.  Matthew 7:24-25

Would anyone knowingly build their house on sand?  They would know the outcome.  The first storm would begin to erode the foundation.  It wouldn’t take many subsequent storms to topple the house.   Architectural creativity would have nothing to do with the outcome. Remember the last picture you saw of homes devastated by an F5 tornado?  You couldn’t tell the difference between a mansion and a shack.

If I fail to make Christ the cornerstone of my life, I am a house made of sand.  I will have no divine perspective on anything that happens to me.  I’ll take everything personally and rule without wisdom from my self-imposed throne.  My life will crumble with me at the helm.  My home will be made up of people who don’t know the mind and heart of God. When storms come, we will become a huddled group of sandcastles – trying to hold each other up.  It doesn’t have to be this way.  Daily, I can choose to live close to Jesus and under His authority.

Standing on a beach during a storm, I am pelted with the sand that the winds kick up.  There is nowhere to hide.  In and among the rocks however, there is refuge and protection.  

Give me the spiritual grit to daily fortify my foundation.  If I wait till the storm comes, it will be too late.  Amen