"To Do Or Not TO Do"

     Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
     Now everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall. Matthew 7:24-29
   
To do or not to do? That is the question? Every day or rather every moment we are faced with the question, to do what we know is right based on the Word of God or to do what we know is not in line with the Word the of God. Jesus said if we hear and do, we are wise! If we hear and don't do, we are foolish! If we hear and do, we build on a rock. If we hear and don't do, we build on sand. If we hear and do,the rain, flood and winds will come and we will still be standing! If we hear and don't do, the rain, floods, and wind will come and great will fall.

Building a house is a process. It happens board by board, nail by nail. It happens with lots of choices involved, from basic layout questions like, where to put the kitchen, bedrooms, and bathrooms to specific details like what color to paint the walls or what carpet to put down. Jesus said, "whoever hears these sayings and does them," is building on a solid foundation. He had been talking for 103 verses straight when he ended with this illustration. Obedience to His Word means we are building in the right location! Location is everything. We choose to build on rock or sand.  We choose our location when we hear His sayings and choose to do them! By choosing to obey Him we survive any storm, trial, and temptation that comes our way. If we hear and DO we get to stand!  If we hear and DON'T DO then comes a fall, or rather as Jesus put it, "a great fall."