A Fortified House

Read: Matthew 7:15-27

The floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall. --- Matthew 7:25

The Bible In One Year:
Jeremiah 51-52
Hebrews 9

According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, some people in the US are building houses stronger than ever before.

Hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes have caused billions of dollars in property damage in states across the nation. So, at the urging of businesses, government, and hard-pressed insurance companies, some builders are constructing fortress-like homes with windows that can withstand 130 mile-per-hour winds, roof nails so strong they can only be cut off, and framing material that can weather the tremendous forces faced by a supersonic jet. In Bolingbrook, Illinois, a community damaged by a tornado in the 1990s, a company is constructing such a "fortified" house in hopes that the idea will catch on.

We who know the Lord Jesus realize that when it comes to building our spiritual foundation, it must be strong and secure. In today's Scripture, Christ made it clear what that foundation must be when He referred to "these sayings of Mine" [Matt. 7:24], which included His teaching in the Sermon on the Mount [Matt. 5-7].

When we receive by faith Christ's words and His work on our behalf, our spiritual lives are "founded on the Rock," Christ Jesus. --- Dave Egner

I do not stand on shifting sand
And fear the storm that rages;
But calm and sure, I stand secure
Upon the Rock of Ages. --- Anon.

TO SURVIVE THE STORMS OF LIFE, BE ANCHORED TO THE ROCK OF AGES.