Daily Devotions

Luke 6: 46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, lord,’ and do not do what I say?”

In the next two verses Jesus said; “Anyone who comes and listens to me and obeys me is like someone who dug down deep and built a house on solid rock. When the flood came and the river rushed against the house, it was built so well that it didn't even shake.” Jesus is making a comparison of believers to some structures that are built with deep and strong foundations that are sitting on solid rock.

In good engineering practices, every structure would be built on deep foundations which literally sit on solid rock. The piling for the foundation would be driven until it touches solid rock or the solid layer no matter what depth it has to go. We call this piling exercise as driven to resistance. This means that the pile musts be driven into the ground until it hits hard ground and refuse to go down anymore.

When this happens the foundation that would support the actual structure would be built on immovable rock or hard strata. Then the structure would be very strong and would not move or shake even when severe storms fit the structure. It would be able to withstand the strongest destructive forces of nature.

The opposite is true. We have seen many structures that are built on soft ground and the foundation does not reach the solid rock or the hard strata beneath, when severe storms come and hit the structure then it is easily torn down or washed away.

Jesus is saying that the believers who do not build their faith on the solid word of God do not have a strong foundation that is built on the authority of the truth of God. When the storms of life come and hit our lives and when we do not have a strong foundation of the word of God to stand on, then we would be shaken and many are wrecked in the faith. These are the people who call to Jesus Lord, Lord, but they do not know Him as their friend and help.

Jesus is calling for every believer to build their foundation upon the solid rock of the scriptures. Our responsibility is to study the scriptures and be fully grounded in them. This is what the writer of Hebrews tells us. Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The word of God is also the sword of the Spirit in Eph_6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: This is why it is important for every believer to have a strong foundation. In ministry, we need to be able to yield the word of scriptures as a spiritual weapon.

Jesus and the disciples demonstrated this when they ministered healing and deliverance to the people. They commanded sicknesses to be healed; they commanded demons to be cast out. They did all these standing on the authority of the word of God. We too need to stand on the word of God and to proclaim its power over the forces of darkness.

This is why we need to build our foundation starting from today.