House On The Rock
I’ve been around for 63 years and I’ve seen alotta things and people, so until you’re my age or older, don’t try to change my mind about certain things or try and convince me your way is right, over mine. I’m not sayin this with a hateful or mean spirit, I’m just sayin. And naw, i don’t know everything and I’m not perfect … lemme just say that right out the gate. Where I’m goin with this, is this…because I’m older and alot wiser than i was ten, twenty or thirty years ago, I’ve learned what God intended me to learn…it just took me longer t’ learn it. Maybe you know what i mean … maybe your parents “held you back” in school. Your grades were so-so, because you never “applied yourself”, thought it important enough to “study”, or you just plain ol’ didn’t give a ( care ) about school. You had to repeat that grade you’d wasted so much time on and got left behind by your friends that DID apply themselves … ( or maybe their parents just didn’t care about em as much as yours did, you ), and insteada makin more excuses, you chose to buckle down and pass this time…cause repeating that same grade once was embarrassing enough…wasn’t gon’ be no return trip a third time. The sooner we learn this valuable lesson, the faster we’ll move forward. God’s willing to teach us, but we’ve gotta be willing to learn. When we leave this ol world, whether it be from heart failure, fiery car crash, drowning or organ failure, we’re gonna stand in front of The Judge, Jesus Christ, and “reap what we’ve sown”( Galatians 6:7 )…so yeah…what we choose to do here and now DOES MATTER ! He ain’t hearin no lame excuses like, “ My mama and daddy abused me”…” Nobody told me or taught me about you, Jesus” … “ We didn’t have no tv, so i couldn’t watch them sermons about you” … “I couldn’t focus because i was outta my medication”. ( Some o’ y’all may wanna share this with someone God’s bringin to your mind / heart right about now )…if you really love em and don’t wanna see em go t’ hell. See ? We tend to teach em about everything BUT the truth of GOD ! We’ll invest tons of money towards their tuitions, their toys, their extracurricular activities and honeymoons, but what are we investing in their futures !?! One day, everything will be burned up ( 2 Peter 3:10 )…and yeah, that’s including those of us that haven’t already gone “Home” / “home”. “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man that built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” ( Matthew 7:24-27 ) Jesus said it … i finally heard it, accepted it and have proven it over and over again ! THAT’S why i said, “Don’t try to convince me otherwise !” The sooner we hear His truths and learn to put them into play, the sooner we’ll reap the benefits of them. Everything else is from another sinful man … or maybe it’s A I . 😳🤨😗 Build on a good foundation ! Begin with Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, study on His truths and laws to live by, let everything you do bring him glory, and watch your “house” withstand everything that tries to bring it down ! Then, you can tell someone else how faithful He is…cuz you’ve tested and proved it !