Storms are inevitable, so what are our lives (“house”) built on?
Shifting theology? Ideologies? Human opinion? The cultural tide? News cycles? Deconstruction without healthy reconstruction on Christ? Those in leadership (political, social, church)? A political party? Endless scrolling?
When the wind and rain comes we’ll know our foundation.
When the tide turns we’ll know where our anchors are.
“𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩, 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 5-8 – 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨…) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬. 25 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. 26 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥. 27 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.” – 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 8:24-27 𝘌𝘚𝘝
If you want to know 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 to build your life on, read the whole Sermon on the Mount, apply, and repeat.
Read the news, but 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 the word alongside it.
Hear popular opinion, but 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 the word alongside it.
Scroll to your hearts content (or a healthy measure), but I’d suggest diving into 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 more than you scroll.
Waves, winds, storms, torrents and the like will come and go, but we get to choose what we build our lives on. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀?