January 13 What is Your Foundation? Luke 6:48
***Mama would tell me, “Don’t Kick Someone, When They Are Down!” Just a question for you today, “What is the purpose, what is the virtue, what is the benefit of the actions being taken, today, in the US House of Representatives?” My Opinion: “It appears that the motivation is Fear and Hatred!” Please pray for our Leaders, whether you agree with them or not! ***
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.” (Luke 6:48)
The message, today, is simple, yet, eternally profound. What are the standards that you have built your life upon? In recent days, we have witnessed the waffling and wavering of so many that are supposed to be founded on the Shed Blood of Jesus and have demonstrated a “Foundation of Shifting Sand!” Changing positions, changing opinions, as the prevailing popular thought becomes the rule of the day. I have asked myself, “How can these good people, that I have respected and looked up to, be participates in this insanity?” Attempting, as much as is humanly possible, not to be judgmental, I continue to speculate on their “Spiritual” condition and their “Foundation for Living!” Folks, when building a building, we are going to choose a location that is firm and that does not shift under normal conditions and will support the structure! When we apply this to our lives, why would we choose to be a part of the “Shifting Sands of this Evil World?” Trials, adversities, troubles, persecutions, or worldly challenges can cause you to lose focus and to “Shift” from your position, especially, if you are serving Satan and following the opinions and patterns of this evil world! So, we need to choose who we are going to serve and we must build our lives on a solid foundation that will not shift when the winds of trouble and persecution and hatred attempt to move us from our solid foundation! Read these words, reflect on your life and answer the question: “What is Your Foundation?” The lyrics of a wonderful song expresses my hope and solid position…I Hope that it is your position, as well… “My hope is built on nothing less, Than Jesus' blood and righteousness! I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' Name! On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand! When darkness seems to hide His face, I rest on His unchanging grace. In every high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil! On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand! His oath, His covenant, His blood, Support me in the whelming flood. When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my Hope and Stay!
On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand! When He shall come with trumpet sound, Oh may I then in Him be found! Dressed in His righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne! On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand!!” Politics, Peril, Persecution, nor any other issue will dislodge me from my ROCK, the ROCK OF JESUS CHRIST!! Remember… “On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand!!” Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!!!