According to a newspaper article    some people in America are building houses stronger than ever before.

Hurricanes, floods and tornadoes have cost people large sums of money in property damage across the whole nation. So after the urging of businesses, government and hard-pressed insurance companies, some builders are constructing fortress like homes with windows that can withstand 130 mile per hour winds, roof nails so strong they can only be cut off and framing material that can weather the tremendous forces faced by a supersonic jet. In a community damaged by a tornado in the 1990s, a company is constructing such a ‘fortified’ house in hopes that the idea will catch on.

We who know the Lord Jesus realise that when it comes to building our spiritual foundation, it must be strong and secure. In today’s Scripture Christ made it clear what that foundation must be when He referred to “these sayings of Mine” (Matt. 7:24), which included His teaching in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7).

When we receive by faith Christ’s words and His work on our behalf, our spiritual lives are founded on the Rock, Christ Jesus.

To survive the storms of life, be anchored to the Rock of Ages.

Author

David C. Egner

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