Building Our Spiritual House

 


We are so careful. . . so thoughtful when we buy a house.  We look at the neighborhood.  We consider the schools our children will attend.  In our minds eye we rehearse the daily drive to our job.  We have the house inspected for mold, termites, the soundness of the roof, electrical system, plumbing, heating and cooling system.  We look at the cost of the taxes, utilities, insurance.  Can we afford the payments? How well will the house age?  What will the neighborhood be like in 10 years.  

All this for our physical abode. . . 

What thought do we give to our spiritual abode?  How much planning and consideration do we give to it?  Preparing for our weekly Bible study.  This week we're studying Matthew chapter 7.  I ran across this passage:

Jesus speaking:

Matthew 7:24-27 NKJV  "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:  25  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.  26  "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:  27  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."

We have a choice in our physical home. . . Likewise we have a choice in where we decide to build, and live spiritually.  How much thought do you give to your spiritual abode?  Do you just allow life to carry you down whatever path it chooses for you?  Or do you choose the path of righteousness for your life's journey?

Another passage from Matthew chapter 7, again Jesus speaking:

Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV  "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.  14  Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

. . . there are few who find it. . .

Are you following the crowd?  This should be a warning to you.  Take the difficult path and not the easy way. . . 

I love You my God. . . 

Help me stay on Your path. . . 

<3

Dave

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Measurement Standard. . .

Image
A kilogram is currently defined by a standard cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy which is kept at the International bureau of weights and measures near Paris, France. On May 20th of this year a new definition will replace the platinum-iridium artifact association. The new definition will be: taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.62607015×10−34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m2⋅s−1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ΔνCs. A second is defined as the amount of time a cesium-133 atom takes to vibrate 9,192,631,770 times. A compass points to the magnetic pole of the earth to determine the direction north. A meter is defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of orange-red light, in a vacuum, produced by burning the element krypton-86. In each of these cases, a measurement is determined by something outside of what is being measured. . . something independent of the measurer. Where am I going with this? For t...
Read more

How to Find a Great Church. . .

Image
or Beetles and Bell Curves. . . The following is expanded from a talk that I gave at a men's meeting at the Elkhart County Jail March 11, 2009 Many years ago I heard on the radio, or read in a magazine or book, or saw on television. . . I just cannot remember even what medium I saw this on. . .anyway,  a scientist talked about what he could deduce about God from the design of the universe.  This man's response fascinated me and I have continued to ponder upon it for some twenty or twenty-five years after hearing it. This scientist said that he could tell two things about God from the design of the universe.  The first being that God has an inordinate love of beetles.  Zoologists have catalogued roughly 700,000 species of insects and almost half of those are various kinds of beetles.  Of all living plants and animals roughly 20% of that entire number are beetles.  That was the first thing that this scientist noticed about God's creation. The second thing was...
Read more

When Your Mother Dies. . .

Lessons learned when you were four become much more meaningful. . . The temperature of the whole world chills a little. . . Toll House cookies are no longer merely a snack, but a monument. . . Mothers day changes from an obligation to a craving. . . Sometimes the air thins and you gasp for breath just sitting in a chair. . . Crying for Mommy returns after a fifty year absence. . . You lose something vast and precious that you didn't even know you had. . . You crave being held and hugged all the time. . . The last time you spoke to her is now at the bottom of a big ache. . . Tears are found in totally unexpected places. . . Never again. . . her magical home made vegetable soup. . . wonderful green beans, potatoes, and ham that aren't falling apart and soupy. . .meat loaf with just the perfect amount of ketchup on top. . . those just right crispy fried potatoes. . . never again. . . for ever. . . Your chance to repay an enormous debt is lost. . . You lose ...
Read more