DO the Word

Jesus' final teaching from the sermon on the mount is a lesson of preparation for the storms of life.  Jesus warns the crowds that rain will fall, winds will blow, and floods will come.  In the midst of the storms of life, what matters is what foundation our house is built on.

Matthew 9:24-27

Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

We will hear God's Word, and we will build a house.  The rains will come, the wind will blow, the flood will rage.  But what distinguishes between the wise man and the foolish man is what they build their house on.  The man who DOES the Word of God builds his house on rock.  The man who DOES NOT DO the Word of God builds his house on sand.  It's not about IF the storms will come.  They will.  It's not even about hearing the word of God, because we do.  It's about DOING the Word of God.  THAT is what makes the difference when the storms of life come.