The Rock Foundation of Our Lives

UV 4225/10000 The Rock Foundation of Our Lives So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man ( a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man) who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7 v 24 When our faith and obedience mix with the word of Jesus and becomes actionable, only then it becomes a concrete or rock foundation for our lives. Or else, if we are merely listening and not practicing the precepts of Jesus, it is a weak, sand foundation for our lives. Our spirituality and faith needs to be expressed in sensible and practical ways. Only then will it provide us the inner strength, the resilience, the ability to endure the storms of life. The certainty of the promises of God is matched by the certainty of the two commands of Jesus -to love God and to love man. We need to act on the word and not be a mere hearer or listener. We need to be doers, practitioners of faith if we are to be strong, blessed, victorious in life. We need to dig deep into the Word to discover and connect to the bedrock foundation. When we do so, the Word will inspire us with holistic and sound precepts, principles that are easy to practice, teach, communicate. James uses the image of a person who looks intently into the mirror and instead of correcting his grooming, goes away, forgetting what he looks like in the mirror. When we look intently into the Word, our spiritual mirror, we see the image of God, the image God wants us to be and our current image. We should then pray for wisdom and grace to make the necessary corrections in practical ways in our daily lives. The Holy Spirit will grant us the power, the grace to fill the gaps in our lives even as concrete is poured into foundations to make it rock solid. The word of God should saturate our thoughts such that we never forget it even for a moment. The Word influences our attitudes, decisions, behaviour, our priorities, our emotions, our impulses, our actions, our reactions, our speech. It fills us with boldness, courage, strength, wisdom so that we face the dilemmas, crises, conflicts of life and emerge victorious. When the foundation is strong and good, we can build a superb structure on top of it. We can build a befitting life, a life that matches the foundation in terms of strength, stability, power, impact.