BUILD RIGHT
Luke 6:46-49

Going to church, knowing how to use the words from the Bible in every area of your life, or situations, is not enough. Also, being eloquently versed in the word will not prevail, until doing the word of God is in place in the life of a believer. The whole Bible can be memorized, but it will not work until the one that memorizes the word begins to observe, and do what the word calls for. Jesus emphasized it in all His teachings, “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? 47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like.” (Luke 6:46-47,) Jesus is more interested in those that hear and do what He says, more than those following and not doing what he says. Are you a follower that does what He says, or are you a follower that does the interpretation of what others have said He says? It is important to take time in studying and doing what He says. Jesus mentioned what becomes of anyone that hears and does what He says in when He stated, Luke 6:48, “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.” There is nothing like becoming a house that stands, a house that is on rock solid. Becoming a solid house only happens when putting the word into action is a reality in the life of a believer. A solid house will stand when confronting any challenge. Doing the word is likened to a house that flood cannot bring down. In life, the coming of a flood is inevitable, and any believer that has yet to start living the word, storms are on the way, and they will come. Just as hearing and doing the word of God does have its blessing, so is hearing and not doing the word has its own consequence. Jesus stated in Luke 6: 49, “But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.” Are you one that has been hearing the word and not doing the word of God? It does not matter how long it takes for the flood to reach you, but it is very sure and certain that a flood will come. The word of God is not to be toyed with, but to be taken with seriousness. As a believer, build a building that will not fall to the flood of life by living and behaving the word of God.
Prayer for today: My Lord and my God, give me a hearing ear, enable me to live by Your word indeed and in truth.