Devotional 4/16/20
“Build Your House Upon the Rock”
by Dona Hake
“Everyone who comes to Me and listens to
“Everyone who comes to Me and listens to
My words and obeys them, I will show
you whom he is like: he is like a
[far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man
building a house, who dug deep and laid a
foundation on the rock; and when a flood
occurred, the torrent burst against that house
and yet could not shake it, because it had been
securely built and founded on the rock.”
Luke 6:47-48 The Amplified Translation
Luke 6:47-48 The Amplified Translation
In this portion of scripture Jesus teaches, and speaks about the man that listens to His words and obeys them. One of the characteristics of this man that stood out to me is to be far sighted. The farsighted man sees things at a distance more clearly than those things at hand. This man does not permit present hindrances to weaken his vision or his faith.
Sometimes seeing into the distance with problems in front of our faces can hinder us. Yet Jesus shares here that the man that can look into the distance, and move forward with building is the practical and sensible one.
God simply desires that all,our thoughts, words, and actions always be aligned with His Word no matter what is going on presently, and no matter how hard it seems. We should always be looking into the distance, our great future! We need to be moving forward with vision in our heart for He has begun a good work in us, and He desires to complete it. THIS IS the man that has a rock solid foundation. We need to be a people embracing the vision of walking strong and secure above any circumstances this life could bring. When you build your life upon the Rock, you WILL STAND!
Jesus also mentions in this scripture the word torrents. A torrent is a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
It is an abundant and
unceasing stream of anything.
Jesus made it quite simple for us to build our foundations of all that we live by upon a rock. It is to come to Him, listen to Him, and obey Him. The opposite of this would be the man that WILL NOT stand. He is the man that does not draw near to Him , he does not listen to His Word and he simply goes his own way and does his own thing.
Let us be a people that are standing firm and strong on the Rock that will not be shaken because we have heard, heeded and walked in obedience to His Word!