Matthew 7:24-27

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."

These last four verses are a summary of this chapter and the whole Mount Olive discourse itself. Time will tell the truths of the Kingdom of God. Those who believe and take action will find themselves standing firm on the solid rock principles of Gods word. Those who reject truth or fake a lifestyle of piety will in no way find ground on which to stand and all their accomplishments will come crashing down around them.

Time is the great equalizer and proves truths to be true and lies to be false. No one understood this more than Abraham himself. God said that he would create out of him a great nation and even in his old age when absolutely nothing could be seen that would confirm that this would happen, he still believed. For him the rains came down and the streams rose. The winds blew and beat against his conviction and no physical evidence was visible to the naked eye but God saw his belief and counted it unto him as righteousness. Abraham’s faith in God proved to be true.

Faith, I wonder what “that” looks like?