Verse of the Day 10/10

Matthew 7:25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won't collapse because it is built on bedrock.  (NLT)

 

Reading this verse, I was reminded of a customer that I've called on in Evansville Indiana.  In their lobby they have pictures of a flood from around the turn of the century over 100 years ago.  The pictures serve as a reminder that floods do come.  You've heard of "100 year" floods or perhaps 500 year floods.  They don't happen every year and may even skip generations, but time has proven, they will come.  Cities invest a lot of time and effort in order to prepare for these floods.  They build dikes, levies and high walls along the river to withstand the surging waters that will come.

 

Yesterday's verses spoke of listening to God's teaching and following it, being obedient to it.  It is the way that we prepare for the 100 year events in our lives.  Trusting and applying His Word in our hearts and lives will help prepare us (better) for the storms that will come, and they will come.

 

Can you say that you have God's Word "stored in your heart"?  It will come in handy on a rainy day, more importantly to prepare you for and help you through a 100 year flood.

 

Psalm 119:11  I have stored up your word in my heart,

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Matthew 7:24-27  Contemporary English Version (CEV)
Two Builders

 

24 Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. 25 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock.

 

26 Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand. 27 The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.