Good Morning Garden

Read Matthew 7:24-27.

Therefore whosoever heareth these saying of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock (Matthew 7:24).

One of the oldest symbols for the human soul is that of a building, sometimes a dwelling house, and sometimes a temple. The first thing that has to be done by the builder of a house is to select a sound foundation. On the shifting sands of the desert it is impossible to build anything at all, and so when the desert dweller intends to put up a permanent structure he looks about for a rock. Now the Rock is one of the Bible terms for the Christ, and the implication is very obvious. Christ is the one and only foundation upon which we can build the temple of the regenerated soul with safety. As long as we are depending upon something less than that Rock—upon will power, upon so-called material security, upon the good will of others, or upon our own personal resources—we are building upon sand, and great will be our fall.

What a comfort it is to know that our eternal welfare does not depend on our human capabilities. To know that we have a sure foundation of hope, peace and fulfillment here and forever with God. Yet many of us continue to build our hopes on our abilities, will and resources. We succumb to human nature, pride or other human weaknesses to avoid living according to God’s will and plan. Whe we do this, we are building a castle made of sand on a foundation of sand. And as the lyricist wrote, “Castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually”.

Building wisely,
Z gardener