Are You Wise or Foolish?

Matthew 7:24-27

24"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash."

Here's a modern day illustration of this Biblical story:

I wonder how long this "scaffolding" will hold?

I love this picture because it really is a metaphor for our lives. Jesus says that the wise person builds the foundation of of their life upon the Word of God. The word of God is like rock - immovable. Instead, we often make our homes, our possessions, our popularity and power the foundation of who we are. Jesus says only the foolish person lives this way. When we insist on living like this, we might as well be standing on a piece of plywood 30 feet in the air balancing on a leaning tower of hay bales propped up by some 2 by 6's. I don't know how this story ended, but I'd be willing to be it was with a "great crash."

I don't know about you - but I'd rather stand on a rock.

Pastor Sara

This picture comes from a whole series of "questionable foundation" photos that someone else decided to label "why women live longer than men." I'm not going to argue.

Comments

[Kim]

This picture wasn't taken at my house....but it could have been.

[Bob the Builder]

Well at least the straw bales may cushion his or her fall.