Our TV and computer screens have been filled with the images of terrible storms, fires, overwhelming floods, hurricanes and tornados. 

Jesus talked about this: “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). 

A village builder in Jesus’ day had two choices. They did not excavate foundations. You built a house in the valley on sandy soil or on a rocky hillside. Valley building was easier, but the hillside was safer. 

Hillside builders planned for the worse. Valley builders hoped for the best. When the winter rains come in a rush, a dry creek bed quickly becomes a torrent that sweeps everything away. Hard rain and strong winds fiercely blew and beat upon both houses. 

They look alike, but when the storm passes, and flash floods subside, only one house remains. The same materials, but different foundations. 

The imagery is not about the troubles of this life, though that might not be a bad secondary application. It is about the Final Judgment of God pictured as a natural disaster that tests everything you have and own all at once. Please reflect on this when you see such terrible natural disasters on your TV and computer screens.  

Which foundation are YOU building YOUR house and YOUR life upon?

GOD’S PEACE IS NOT THE CALM AFTER THE STORM, IT’S GOD’S STEADFASTNESS DURING THE STORM!

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