Base Training
Resilience Training • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or setbacks, to adapt well in the face of adversity, trauma, or significant sources of stress. It's not just about bouncing back to the original state but also about learning and growing from the experience, becoming stronger and more capable as a result.
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
"Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient." - Steve Maraboli
Start with walking:
Increase duration and frequency:
Build up to continuous running:
Incorporate rest and recovery:
Cross-training and strength training:
Gradually increase distance:
When it comes to building resilience, base training can be applied metaphorically. Just like athletes build physical strength and endurance during base training, individuals can build mental and emotional strength during times of relative calm and stability. This involves developing coping skills, cultivating positive habits, and building a support network that can help them navigate through challenging times.
Jesus tells a story of two men with a dream of building a house.
Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Hears these words of mine / is like a wise man?
Hears and puts them into practice.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Do what it says / but doing it
Light sensor:
Programmed not to work until somebody's moving. God has programmed his word not to work until motion is detected as long as there is no movement the power is there but it's programmed not to come on until there's movement when you see God moving in Scripture you will see time and time and time and time and time again he tells / There is something about motion that activates.
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
built his house on the rock
Building into rock takes some time and effort.
When a skyscraper is being built / the deeper the foundation / the taller the skyscraper
25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the wind blew - Yet it did not fall (Why?) the foundation was set on the rock.
Rain came (down) / the stream rose (up) the wind blew against (side ways) - From every direction.
26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
The two lives Jesus compares at the end of the Sermon on the Mount have several points in common: they both build, they both hear Jesus’ teaching, and they both experience the same set of circumstances in life.
The difference between them isn’t caused by ignorance but by one ignoring what Jesus said. Externally, their lives may look similar; but the lasting, structural differences will be revealed by the storms of life.
When did we see the difference in the two builders lives / When the storm came.
Storms are a great revealer
The immediate differences in your life when you follow Jesus may not be obvious, but eventually they will turn out to affect even your eternal destiny.
Is Jesus the foundation “the base training” in your life. How can I know for sure. What ever you run to when the storms of life hit that is your foundation.
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”
The two men in this story had much in common. Both had desires to build a house. Both built houses that looked good and sturdy. But when the judgment came (the storm), one of the houses collapsed. What was the difference? Not the mere external looks, to be sure. The difference was in the foundation: The successful builder “dug deep” (Luke 6:48) and set his house on a solid foundation.
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
A false profession will last until judgment comes. Sometimes this judgment is in the form of the trials of life. Like the person who received the seed of God’s Word into a shallow heart (Matt. 13:4–9), the commitment fails when the testing comes. Many people have professed faith in Christ, only to deny their faith when life becomes spiritually costly and difficult.
I once had a crack in a wall of my house. No matter how many times I had it fixed, the crack came back. Finally, I learned the problem wasn’t with the wall; the problem was a shifting foundation. Many of us have “cracks” in our lives—emotional, relational, financial—but we address the symptoms and not the source of the problem. If you want stability in your personal life, your family, your ministry, and your community, you need the strong, sturdy foundation of God’s Word—which includes both knowledge of the Bible and applying it to life. Wisdom is the ability and willingness to apply spiritual truth to life’s circumstances. Foolishness is unwillingness to do so.
It had nothing to do with biblical knowledge both heard these words of mine both were listening to the Word of God both were in church listening to a great preacher preaching a great sermon the Sermon on the Mount greatest sermon ever preached so biblical information was not the problem evidently you can be in a Bible Church and still be a fool because they were listening to these words of mine no the difference was not an informational difference the difference was the wise man acted on my word and the fool did not it had it wasn't knowledge that was the problem it was acting on the information that distinguished the fool from the wise man.