A Sure Thing

Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 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. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.
Matthew 7:24-27 NLT

The storms are brewing. There's an underlying, palpable sense of unrest. People don't know who they can count on and not sure who they can trust. That's what happens when people put their trust in man and government instead of God.  

In a world that is constantly changing and keeps proclaiming "unprecedented" times, we need to know what God spoke through Isaiah the prophet (in chapter 28:16-17a The Message), 

Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion,

a solid granite foundation, squared and true.

And this is the meaning of the stone:

A trusting life won’t topple.

I’ll make justice the measuring stick

and righteousness the plumb line for the building.

While the world as we know it may crumble around us, Jesus is a solid foundation - the chief cornerstone on which we can build, knowing it will stand. We find in 2nd Timothy 1:12 (NKJV) that Paul writes,  ...for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

God's Word assures us in Hebrews 13:8 NKJV that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  He declared about Himself in Malachi 3:6 NLT, I am the Lord, and I do not change. And further down in that same chapter, God promises if we return to Him, He will return to us. He is a sure thing.

Prayer:

Father,

          Open our eyes to see where we have misplaced our trust. Set our hearts on fire for more of You. Help us to see clearly what Your purpose is for our lives. We choose to return to You, Lord. Return to us as You promised. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen