Ready for the Storm

God never promised to make things easy for us, nor to give us a life without hardships. It is the trying of our faith that strengthens us.

Jesus told the crowds in Matthew 7:24-27, "Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to 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. And every one that hears these sayings of mine and doesn't do them shall be likened to a foolish man which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."

It is interesting to note that 'the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon both houses.' The storm came to both houses, both the wise and the foolish. Some religious people would have us believe that the storms of life come because we are doing something wrong; others would have us believe that the storms come because we are doing something right. Jesus, however, indicated that the storms of life come . . . to everyone.

Our focus then is to be ready for the storm before it comes!