"Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like.
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 6:47-48
If we follow Jesus, take his saying to heart and live them out in our daily lives, we will be like a house with a deep foundation and we will stand strong.
When will we stand strong? When the floods come, when we get 'beat vehemently'.
I think it is important to remember that even if we listen and take hold of Jesus the floods are still going to be coming at us. We are still going to get beaten, repeatedly, in fact, in some places in this world we may get beaten because we have taken hold of Jesus.
Jesus never promises a life free from the storms and floods, but he does promise that when they come, if we have listened and been changed that we will stand strong, we will not wilt, we will not fold. That is what following Jesus can mean. It's not a life free from pain, it is a life that survives the pain, no matter when or how often the pain comes.
+ What has following Jesus saved you from?
+ Do you believe that following Jesus' teachings has helped you deal with negatives in your life?
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