Rooted On The Rock
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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.
Over the summer I am finishing up my Hebrew class and I learned a new thing this week that was life changing to me and that is the word…
Shama (shah-MAH)
To hear, listen, obey, to hear intelligently
I learned that there is not a separation in the Hebrew for hearing and obeying like we have in english, To hear God is to obey God.
So as I read this verse I had a wild hair and instead of reading the word hear, I spoke the word obey and it made this verse come alive in a whole deeper way.
( though it is not the Greek word akouō used here for hear, I still found it cool. )
We must obey the Word of God
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.
When I do my weekly video I tend to use the hash tags Lifestorms.
If you notice Jesus did not say if storms came, but he said then the rain came, then the streams rose, then the winds blew.
Life sends us storms and if we are not well rooted we will be easily over powered. The other thing to remember is that the winds actually help build the tree’s roots.
The Dome
The Biosphere 2 project was created as a research tool for scientists to study Earth’s living systems
They didn’t find a cure
They did find that the trees grew faster inside of the dome
But they just fell over
A lack of wind in Biosphere 2 caused a deficiency of stress wood.
Stress wood helps a tree position itself for optimal sun absorption and it also helps trees grow more solidly. Without stress wood, a tree can grow quickly, but it cannot support itself fully.
212 The roots grow deep when the winds are strong.
Chuck Swindoll
I use that hash tag in my videos because God’s Word is the only soil that is going to nourish us through the storm.
We cannot grow into maturity without good soil and as life’s storms hit we can grow from them not because of us but because of our soil.
God’s Word is our Soil in which we must be deeply rooted, Which allows us to develop and mature our Stress Wood for life’s storms.
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.”
One commentary I read on this explained the sand as an image of man’s own opinions and thoughts, plans devoid of God’s influence and guidance.
Oh how hard do we crash when we try to build our own way.
But if we take our sand, or thoughts and give them to the Lord, He can use them…
If you where to take a little bit of clay and mix it with some sand and some water, then place it in a hot furnace, you will get some bricks.
If we would Submit our thoughts to the Lord for Him to mold and use, He will Give us what we need to Build a solid house.
one that is built on Christ the Solid rock.
Take Home Question:
What Are You Building Your House On?
And
What Soil Are Your Roots In?
