A River Crashes Against You

“I will show you what someone is like who comes to Me, hears My words, and acts on them: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.” (Luke 6:47-48)

The foundation of our faith is Christ. We have no hope in anyone but Him. No politician, no celebrity, no activist, no man on earth can save you from your sin. No man, selfish and proud, can be that dam which stops the rising tide of our sin. If you are looking to yourself, or your family, or your party, or your government to relinquish you from the capsized ship that is sin, then you are lost in the deep and will be swept away.

Left to our own devices, we perish, we plunder, we murder, and we move along the current of damnation. But if you look to Him, profess His name and lordship, you will be saved (Romans 10:13). It is a simple and undeniable truth that those in Christ will be sanctified, glorified, and justified by Him. We have been predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, Son of God (Romans 9:29-30).

Indeed, if your building block of faith is not Christ, you will find yourself in immense trouble. As He says:

“But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!” (Luke 6:49)

Where are you putting your faith? Do you trust in Him, the One who made you according to His purpose, the One who washes you with the regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5)? Or is your faith in fallible, errant man? Do you trust the Wise and Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, our Prince of Peace Jesus Christ (Isaiah 9:6)? Or do you cast your lot with the greedy, malevolent, self-serving forces of the world including your own?

I know where I stand. I am not perfect, but He is. I have no hope except in His righteousness, His blood, His sacrifice for me, a sinner saved by His grace. When the end comes, and it will, where will you stand?

Thanks and praise belong to Him. God bless, thank you for reading, and peace be with you.