Foundations

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is. He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rocklike: But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.- Luke 6:47-49

I read the above three nights ago and I knew this was meant for me
It really sounds simple when someone says if you want this you have to do this
Simple?
There are so many of us who profess to be followers of Christ yet we daily stray from the path
Daily we let Him down
Daily we repent
It is sometimes difficult to be Christian in word and in deed
Words are easy to say
Action is not that easy
I’m taking stock at what I do all the time
I always ask myself ‘is this what I’m meant to do? Is it biblically right?”
There’s still so much I need to know about Jesus and being a true disciple
I now fully understand the above passage
It was not said just for the sake of clarity
It was said so that we know where we are as regards the person whom we call our Lord
He is not happy having us hearing his word and not doing anything about it
There’s this trap we fall into many times
The trap of knowing that we can repent
True repentance is not just saying sorry
True repentance is saying sorry and not committing that wrong act again
Then, we can be said to be growing in Christ
The foundation that the Lord wants us to have is the foundation of works
The building of it is with words
It is easy to preach the word and people see that you know the Bible
But how easy is it to live the word?
Let’s re-look at our foundation and see if the building we’re so proud of can stand the coming storm