Mathew 7: 24
‘Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.-
DAILY READING Luke 20:1-26; Genesis 35:1-36:43; Psalm 27
It was the worst financial and economic disaster of the 20th century!
It began on October 24, 1929, the day that in the economic world has come to be known as black Thursday. This was the day of the great stock market crash of 1929, which led to a loss of $30 billion in market value. That’s the equivalent of $396 billion today, which is even more than the total cost of World War I. The market crash wiped people out. Those who had borrowed money to buy stocks, were forced to sell businesses and cash in their life savings to pay their debts. Many out of depression committed suicide. This led to the period in world history known as the great depression, which lasted almost 10 years and resulted in massive loss of income, record unemployment rates, especially in industrialized nations.
This is what building on world systems and having faith in the ways of men can lead to. It can be likened to building on sand, which is ever shifting. Policies, Governments, people can change overnight. And as its often said, the only permanent thing is change. Building on shifting foundations of the world, is building on sand, which means your world can come crashing at any time.
However building on the rock is building your life based on the Immovable Word of God. Rock is strong and immovable. God’s word abides forever, it never shifts or changes. What God said 6000 years ago still remains the same today. Heaven and earth shall pass away but His Word remains infallible forever. It doesn’t matter the present situation, The Word always prevails in the end. It’s like pouring water over oil, the oil will always ascend to be on top of the water. The Word of God will always arise to be on top of every situation. The arm of flesh will fail, but when you base your life on the Word and trust in God, no matter what happens God will always keep you, so that you cannot fall.
Each time the Word of God comes, it is to establish you. It comes to grant you a particular truth that will cause your inheritance to come your way. Paul said, “I commend to God, and unto the Word of His grace which is able to build you up, and to give an inheritance (Acts 20:32).
The World of God, not only gives you a sure foundation it also builds you up, establishes you and ushers you into your inheritance. You must therefore ensure that your life is rooted and grounded in the Word of God, because it is only what God builds that will not suffer loss.
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God’s Word is ever unchanging, changing everybody who truly comes in genuine contact with it. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK ESTABLISHED BY THE WORD OF GOD]