Digging Foundations

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  Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say? Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. Luke 6:46 WEB
  
  The boss paced back and forth in his sunglasses and carried a pistol in his boot, while the rest of us stood in ditches and dug with shovels under the hot sun. You would think that we were on a chain gang, but in the South, we called it 'construction.'
  
  Having quit school at sixteen and gotten married, I then landed a "great" job as a common laborer on a construction crew that paid minimum wage. This is one of the perks that can happen when you leave school early. I was poised for success.
  
  We were the foundation crew and went ahead of the carpenters. We dug deep ditches by hand following a straight line, then we filled them with wheelbarrows full of concrete. The taller the building, the deeper the foundation had to be.
  
  
  
  Jesus told a story about two men that built houses. One man dug deep and built his house on the rock, while the other just built his house on top of the sand. Both houses required the same materials and looked the same above ground. The difference lay beneath the surface.
  
  When a flood came and winds beat on both houses (Matt 7:25), the house that was built on the sand collapsed, but the house built with the foundation on the rock was fine.
  
  Everyone who: 1) Comes to Jesus, 2) Hears His words, and 3) Does them, will have a foundation laid on The Rock. Storms come to all houses. The difference is this: after the dust settles, if you have obeyed His Word, you will still be standing tall. Our obedience digs the foundation. 'Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?' (Luke 6:46).
  
  Prayer: Father guide me into a firm foundation. Help me structure my life around You, the unmoving, unshakable Almighty God who created the heavens and the earth. Nothing is impossible for You and when You speak, it happens. Lead me Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
  
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