The Lord speaks to me of flint, and stone, and bedrock and even the debris…and what is found in the trash sometimes…oh yes, there may be gold in dem dere hills!
First there is the rock, THE blessed rock of my salvation…and as I’ve written previously…I’ve been realizing more about what I must do to remove some old rocks that keep appearing in my life. And now the story of the foundation…the bedrock on which we must stand…appears in my reading of the Bible.
Luke 6:46-49…the whole story…I cannot take it out of context…there is so much truth of the wise versus the foolish builders!
Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.
I could say so much about this story of course…and it would be worthwhile to expound…but this I’ll say…yes I have built my house upon the bedrock of faith in God the Father…and when the storms appear on the horizon…and when they hit my astonished soul…the flood may come and the storm may rage…but my house is not ruined because the foundation remains…and although the damage may be heard or seen…the damage was only in a false refuge you see.
Ok the other story now I’ve just been told…about our lives…and how much value they hold…has to do with a sermon I recently heard…of how God wants us to work with Him to take out the trash. Cause the warning is real…and the woe’s may be true (Luke 12)… and although many have been saved…there is yet saving to do…so we must not just live our lives as we did before…with the false assumption that our lives can be filled with trashy ways, trashy thoughts, trashy words…and that the trash must be taken out…and removed…and now this next thing I heard from the Lord on my own…and it is this…
He can turn trash into treasure…He can turn rock into pools of living water…it’s never hopeless you see…but it requires us to be…listening to His voice...spending time with Him…and then obey what He tells us to do…and even though it might be painful…and we may get scratches or even drop some rocks on our toes or our heads…as we obey…and the rocks are mined…guess what is in dem dere mines?
There are jewels and precious metals galore…and this is what He has in store…that these beautiful jewels will be seen…and these precious metals will be made into rings…rings of covenant…rings of commitment…and love and fidelity…and I AM NOT speaking of worldly prosperity…but His lovely blessings galore…oh how His promises are so sure! And if our lives happen to have material wealth I am confident we must be diligent and pray for our souls…since this wealth seems to deceive…then what was once the Kingdom of God…appears to be full of the kingdom of the world…as the wealth is played…and all the games of the world come into the church…while the trash still needs to be taken away…and the treasures are dying to be freed…polished…and used for the glory of God.
Now let me make this clear…so you know I’m not referring to any ‘one’ person…except the person of the Son of Man and the Son of God Himself. Yes, it is Him who speaks and whom I obey…as I risk the saying of things that are sometimes hard to say…to the one or the two…or the many that I do…but I will trust Him until my dying days…and beyond…because it is in the fear of the Lord…yes, the true reverence of Him…that wisdom is gained…and life eternal with Him.
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