I loved the Luke 6:46-49 verse about building your house upon the rock... This week through the natural events (Tornados) how important it is to have a firm foundation. On the news I saw an image (yesterday) of a congregation worshiping on the foundation (what was left of their church), and even though the tornado took away the building that once stood, what was left was the foundation of the church.
This passage in LUKE kept bringing me back to the image of what it is to build on the rock, and not the sand. For this church community, they went to what was constant, the foundation of the church, the only thing left standing. Even though the building was demolished, the bedrock and foundation could be built on immediately.
The luke passage reminds us that we must be digging down to the firm bedrock, in their day, there was much sand and dirt to be removed to reach the bedrock to where a firm foundation could be built upon, so in a wind storm their house could not be blown away.
"Digging to get to the rock is like pursuing Jesus with great strength and firmness. Without realizing it, while we dig Jesus builds."Jesus has already built the house... we keep digging... I want to keep digging... always digging...
Also I was just reminded of the Luke 6: 27-36 verse on how if we "do the 13 things listed above WITHOUT DIGGING it is like building a house without a foundation." Without foundation in Jesus {bedrock}, the house will get washed away, just as "sinners lend to sinners... it must be done without expectation to be paid back."
Wow... I'm fired up! Spiritual push-ups for sure today!
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