Firm Foundation

Mat 7:24 -27

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

I played a game with the Youths at church. The instruction is to take out their bibles and use them to build a strong structure, build high one. Highest structure wins. The youths gleefully construct their Bible Structure. It is not an easy task, each team wanted to build a high tower with their limited numbers of bibles. Many times their structure collapsed, and had to be rebuilt. Also, many times, some decided to abandon the design and change to a new design.

I then invited all the rest to simulate rain, wind and flood onto their opponent's structure. With a smirk, they blow and tried their best to bring down the opponent's structure. The devil in them surfaces. Ha ha !.

I see many lessons can be learn from this simple game.

We need to build our lives on strong and firm foundation. Loose and shaky one just won't do. They will collapse. We don't want our lives to collapse, don't we? Let's ensure that we have a sure firm foundation according to the Word of God that never fails.

This foundation has to be built with good material. Our lives' foundation has to be build with the Word of God, none else is good enough. Never use cheap, inferior or substitute material. It just won't last.

To build a strong structure, we need to be generous with the material. Never skimp on the Word of God for your life. Just as the structure will not be high, with little material, our life will not be high as well without the Word of God. More material equals higher structure; more Word of God in our life equal higher living in God.

Trials in life is in inevitable, the rain will surely descends, the flood will surely rises and the wind will surely blows. The Enemy is more than delight to bring these trials to you. None shall escape. The question is that, will your structure stands? Will your life be strong enough to withstand?

A simple game indeed ! Awesome God !!