Proverbs 24:3 states, “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.”
This is true not only of your house; it is also true of your life. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:24-27 a parable about two builders one wise and one foolish. Jesus is telling us how critical it is to have a strong foundation. Building a house is an analogy for building a life. The point Jesus is making is that the foundation you choose is the most important part of your life. If you go to college or if you don’t, if you marry and have children, where you live, and whether or not you choose to have a relationship with Jesus Christ are probably the main foundation blocks that you will choose to lay.
One’s educational level usually determines the economic status of an individual and what kind of car, house and ability to provide one will have. Marriage is usually who you do life with. Not only do you do life with them but also you do life with their families. Their level of energy, fun, seriousness, social ability and even their ability or inability to converse will determine where you go and with whom you go; not to mention how far you will go. Where you live makes a huge difference in lifestyle, will you have to manage the seasons, or is it always cold or unusually hot will determine how much you have to work on the yard, the house, and even the car. However here is the real biggie. Who and what do you base your life on? Where do you turn when things don’t go as they should? If a couple is working out of two different books or operating on two different systems then they won’t walk far together. The Bible even tells us how can two walk together unless they are one. (Amos 3:3)
Matthew 7:24-27 (AMP) “24 So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a [a]sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock.25 And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand.27 And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great and complete was the fall of it.”
God in His word tells us not to marry someone who does not believe. When we choose to go against the word of God we may as well start building our house on sand because it will not be there for very long.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4 “You shall not intermarry with [the nations]; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you.”
What are you building your house upon? Seek to build a strong foundation. Know what you want and don’t be led by current circumstances but be a long term planner and do your homework before building your house.
This week I am at the beach and watch the crowd make sand castles in the morning and they are gone by evening if they last that long. No one is surprised because we all know no matter how pretty they are—they are built on sand. Good decisions are made with much wise counsel. (Proverbs 15:22)
This is true not only of your house; it is also true of your life. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:24-27 a parable about two builders one wise and one foolish. Jesus is telling us how critical it is to have a strong foundation. Building a house is an analogy for building a life. The point Jesus is making is that the foundation you choose is the most important part of your life. If you go to college or if you don’t, if you marry and have children, where you live, and whether or not you choose to have a relationship with Jesus Christ are probably the main foundation blocks that you will choose to lay.
One’s educational level usually determines the economic status of an individual and what kind of car, house and ability to provide one will have. Marriage is usually who you do life with. Not only do you do life with them but also you do life with their families. Their level of energy, fun, seriousness, social ability and even their ability or inability to converse will determine where you go and with whom you go; not to mention how far you will go. Where you live makes a huge difference in lifestyle, will you have to manage the seasons, or is it always cold or unusually hot will determine how much you have to work on the yard, the house, and even the car. However here is the real biggie. Who and what do you base your life on? Where do you turn when things don’t go as they should? If a couple is working out of two different books or operating on two different systems then they won’t walk far together. The Bible even tells us how can two walk together unless they are one. (Amos 3:3)
Matthew 7:24-27 (AMP) “24 So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a [a]sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock.25 And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand.27 And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great and complete was the fall of it.”
God in His word tells us not to marry someone who does not believe. When we choose to go against the word of God we may as well start building our house on sand because it will not be there for very long.
Deuteronomy 7:3-4 “You shall not intermarry with [the nations]; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you.”
What are you building your house upon? Seek to build a strong foundation. Know what you want and don’t be led by current circumstances but be a long term planner and do your homework before building your house.
This week I am at the beach and watch the crowd make sand castles in the morning and they are gone by evening if they last that long. No one is surprised because we all know no matter how pretty they are—they are built on sand. Good decisions are made with much wise counsel. (Proverbs 15:22)
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