. . . the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. v 25
It has been raining almost relentlessly over the last couple of days. The skies have been overcast and the sound of rain falling on the roof has continued through the night. The weather has been very wet indeed.
I am reminded of the teaching of our Lord Jesus at the end of his sermon on the mount, where he said that whoever hears those teachings of his and does them is like a wise man.
And that wise man built his house on the rock.
It suddenly occurred to me, while reading this passage, that, besides the rock, there was something else that had escaped my notice. It's the rain, the flood and the wind beating against the house! That is the essence of our Lord's teaching about the wise man's house.
His house could withstand the falling rain, the rising flood waters and the buffeting winds. When the storm had passed, the wise man's house remained standing.
It did not fall.
In contrast, whoever hears the teachings of our Lord in his sermon and does not do them is like a foolish man. He built his house on sand. And it could not withstand the rain, flood and wind.
And great was its fall. v. 27b
Dear Christian, I urge you to hear and also to do the teachings of our Lord Jesus, as he taught them in his Sermon on the Mount. Let each of us build our own house on rock, not sand.
Under falling rain, in rising floods and through buffeting winds, let it be said of us: we did not fall!
