Luke 6:46-49 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and it's destruction was complete."
The Lord's grace and mercy abounds and is plentiful; and His work on the cross is more than sufficient for our salvation. But His words in Luke give us a stark warning. If we accept His grace, but not His word...we are like the one building our house without a foundation. We have to not only listen and read his word, we have to put it to practice in our lives daily.
1 Peter 5:8-9 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
When we don't put what the Lord tells us to practice in our lives daily we leave ourselves open. The storms and struggles of this life will push us, they will shake our faith. We become vulnerable to the enemy and he will pick our weakest point and pounce. If we are not doing what the Lord tells us, how can we resist him? How can we stand firm in the faith?
He says about the house with no foundation...that "it collapsed and it's destruction was complete"
If we "hear" and "put them into practice"...we can stand tall in the face of the storms and struggles. Our foundation built on our Lord will hold and we will not be shaken.
How is your foundation today?
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