"Anyone who LISTENS to my teaching, and follows me is a wise person who builds his house on a solid rock."
Is your house built on the solid rock of Jesus Christ, the Lord God? When the storms of life come, and they surely will, is your house going to stand? Without your house being built on the solid rock of Jesus Christ it will collapse! The only way you can be sure your house will withstand the storms of life is if it has the right foundation, built on solid rock. A wise person builds his house in such a way that is is secure against torrents of rain and storms of all kinds. It is the foundation that gives them security. The foundation of knowing and believing in the Lord is that type of foundation. Others build their houses on sand and they will collapse with a mighty crash when the storm comes. You have no rock, no foundation, no stronghold to run into with out the Lord!
The solid teaching of God's Word is the rock that is being described in this truth for today. The first step to this kind of security is to hear and then do the teaching of the Lord. This is the most important step. If you do not know, love and hear God's message the journey of your life is in jeopardy. You can not just hear this message, you must also LISTEN. Not everyone who hears the message of God will enter into His kingdom. Those who LISTEN and do the will of the Lord will enter the kingdom of Heaven. Those who have heard but never listened or obeyed the Word of God will have no foundation, no rock, and will never enter Heaven. The Lord will say, "depart from me, I never knew you!"
Just as a child must learn to listen and then respond to the teaching of their parents, we to must learn to listen and then respond to God. It is never enough to hear someone teaching. We must assimilate and then put into action what they are teaching us. Theory is one thing but action brings about the proper results. The way to build a solid rock like foundation for your life is to LISTEN and then follow the teaching and Words of Jesus Christ, the Lord God!
