When a person turns toward Jesus, practices his words and molds their ways accordingly, their foundation of life settles more and more on bedrock. Floods break against such a secure position.

Jesus quietly pointed out the problem of turning the opposite direction: but the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and the ruin of that house was great.

Did Jesus have the challenges of this world in mind when speaking of such floods? Certainly. But in light of earlier teachings I also believe Jesus pointed to his return, a coming day of judgement. Is my foundation settled enough to handle that deluge?

Great edifices of religious splendor appear throughout the world. As I write from Italy I’m surrounded by all manner of churches and statues and paintings associated with religion. How many will stand against the rising waters of Jesus’s return?

With every generation religious power exists in some form, much of it overwrought and focused little on Jesus and a lot on self. On the day Jesus comes in the clouds we’ll be impressed by how much is swept away.

Check your foundation. Don’t invest in unstable houses, as beautiful as they appear.

The rainy season arrives soon.

Luke 6 in reading the Bible in 2023

Photo by John Middelkoop