"built upon the sand"

We found this sandcastle abandoned on the beach last week while we were taking our evening walk.

A very intricate and precise design as castles go.

Somebody's dream home.

We stood and marveled a bit,

I took this picture,

we moved on.

The tide was on its way in.

At Hilton Head beach there is a great disparity between high tide and low tide.

At low tide, the beach goes on forever,

there is room for everybody to spread out.

Lots of room exists for you to set up a large camp with all your stuff.

There is a known truth about the tides at the beach though.

What goes out comes in again.

Anything left on the beach will be destroyed by the force of the water rushing back.

The next morning the beautiful castle was gone,

washed away without a trace.

We couldn't even remember just where it had been.

This sandcastle reminds me of these familiar verses in God's word.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine

 and acts upon them,

 may be compared to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; 

and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 

And everyone who hears these words of Mine, 

and does not act upon them, 

will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. 

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; 

and it fell,

 and great was its fall."

Matthew 7: 24~27

Jesus is teaching here about the importance of His word.

When we hear God's word and believe what it says and are obedient to it, 

we are compared to a wise man who constructed his house on a rock.

When the storm came,

 that house stood because it was built on a firm foundation.

The house that was built upon the sand by the foolish man did not withstand the storm.

It was washed away like the beautiful sandcastle above.

What Jesus is telling us here is a very simple truth,

If we base our life on anything other than the truth of His word we will not be able to stand.

We will crumble under pressure.

We will be washed away when the storms of life come our way.

Let us be wise and not foolish.

In this sinful world that is filled with chaos, there is truth and absolute stability.

Read the Bible, Know the Bible, Live the Bible.