Jesus’s Words:
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: 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. Matthew 7:24-25
When we traveled throughout Europe, we had two excellent examples of these types of houses, both in Italy. The first house would be likened to the homes in Venice, which were built on piers and were likely set upon limestone. Now they say it’s sinking, but not like we think, barely one to two millimeters per year. Then there is the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Whoever built it didn’t think this through and definitely didn’t build it upon a rock. Yes, it’s an old building still standing; however, it has had to be backfilled with modern concrete to keep it from toppling over. My guess is that the Catholic Church needed it to keep standing, so people would continue to pay for tours. We must apply these ideas about building to our lives, and we want our foundation to be secure; the only way to do that is to make Jesus our foundation. If you build on a worldly foundation, you’re like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, still standing but crumbling underneath. Jesus is kind of like Venice; the high tides come and wash the streets and fill the bottom floor with water, like the movement of the Holy Spirit. Venice is very beautiful and old like the Ancient of Days. Yes, I know it’s a stretch using Venice as a comparison. However, it works because it is still standing and has some incredible architecture that gives pause to a thinking person: it was built with hammer and chisel, using horse and carriage or boats to move the stones across the water. Seems a little far-fetched, doesn’t it? What do I know?
This is the conclusion of the Sermon On The Mount, it is not the conclusion of Jesus’s steps, so we will keep digging in and learning from him so we can get our lives right, with our trajectory toward him alone.
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