Wise & Foolish

To listen to Jesus' final words of the sermon on the mount and think to yourself, "I really like what He had to say, these are some good moral points and I need to try harder to live by these words." Is to miss the point of the sermon althogether. It is impossible to try on our own to keep the teachings in the sermon on the mount. How can we keep from murder by not ever thinking bad thoughts of others, how can we keep from adultery by never looking at someone of the opposite sex with lust? The bottom line is that in and of ourselves it is impossible. But what is impossible with man is possible with God. Jesus is not telling us to try harder, He is in essence telling us to stop trying at all.
What? Stop trying? That's right, it is not about how hard we try, it is about how much we surrender. When we realize that living for Christ is not about how good we can be but rather how can Christ live in us and and through us then we begin to get the right picture of what being a disciple is all about.
You see, Jesus didn't deliver the sermon on the mount, He WAS the sermon on the mount. In order to build on the Rock, the solid foundation, we have to turn the plans of our life over to the Great Architect. Jesus has the plans for your life, He came up with the blueprints that have your name on them. When we try to alter those plans we have structural damage. He sees the whole plan laid out when we only see a portion of the plan. Everyday we need to trust Christ to build our lives and when we do, we become a great neighborhood or community if you will, built on the Solid Rock that can withstand the storms of life.
Be wise today, build on Christ, let Him have control of your life, after all you've been bought with a price and you are no longer your own, therefore glorify the Father in all that you do today...
Till Tomorrow...Bro. Alan