5 OCT 23 Thursday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on the bedrock.” Matthew 7:24-25
You can learn the easy way or the hard way. Either way, hopefully, you learn it and don’t repeat the same mistake. Have you ever heard that? Parents always hope their children will listen and receive the wise advice and apply it to their own lives. One day the child will grow up to adulthood and have to make decisions that will affect themselves and those around them. It is better to apply wisdom now and save yourself some pain.
You might not be the early adopter, but one of those who run into a wall a few times before you make a change. If you are smiling right now, it might be you or you know that special someone who is. Jesus spoke to large crowds of people and taught with real authority. He knew who was his and who was not. He knew who liked to hear teachings, but would not apply them. To those who would not obey his teaching, he said they were foolish.
He describes their lives as someone who built their home on a sand foundation. When the storm came, it would level the house. Life will bring difficulties, stress, and suffering, but will you have the resilience to make it through or not. As believers, we will have additional difficulties because we are the torchbearers of His name. Jesus has a word for us too.
Like the hymn says, “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.” If you build your life on Jesus and his words, and obey then you be preserved until the end. The storms of life will beat you, break you, and make you suffer, but the Lord will bring you through it all. Jesus gives us an opportunity to seek him daily and apply His wisdom to our lives so that we can experience a resilient life.
Are the storms of life beating you down?
Reading Plan: Psalm 105:1-22; 2 Kings 18:28-37; 1 Cor. 9:1-15; Matt. 7:22-29
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