Reflection of the Month - May 2006

Growing up in a suburb of New Orleans had its uniqueness. The house I grew up in was located on a lot that was actually below sea level. Before my parents could build our house, they had to put pilings that looked like telephone poles into the ground before the concrete slab could be poured. When the 3 bedroom house was built, there were only four children, but five years later there were 6 children. So we needed another bedroom. My parents decided to close in the carport and make another bedroom and bathroom. Since my brother, Philip, and I were the oldest, we got to move into the new bedroom.

As the years began to pass, the new bedroom began to sink and the floor cracked because there were no pilings underneath the foundation. The foundation was not the same. About two years ago, they enlisted Cable Lock to secure the foundation and seal the crack. But what if they had built the new bedroom on the right foundation to start with? The right foundation would have secured the foundation of the new bedroom.

Jesus in Luke 6:46-49, talks about building on the right foundation. Jesus is the right foundation. The Lord is often referred to as the Rock. The foundation that Jesus is looking for in our lives is not just calling Him, “Lord.” The right foundation is allowing Him to be the Lord of our lives by hearing His words and following them. Then Jesus tells us that the man who builds his house on the right foundation (The Rock) will weather the storms and the floods. But the man who builds his house on the sand (those which are contrary to the words of Jesus), will fall.

What foundation are you building your life on? Jesus wants to be the Lord of your life. It is not enough to call Him Lord. We must live according to His Word if our lives are built on the right foundation.