Building on Rock

Luke 6

To build on the Rock, you must hear his words.

The person building his or her life on Christ must pay attention to what Christ says. Nick so rightly pointed out that when we speak of the word we must think Christ, because “In the beginning was the word and the word with God and the Word was God!” Hearing his words means listening to Christ. Listening to Christ is paying attention to what the Bible reveals about him.

You will have no foundation in your life if you are not paying attention to his word. When Jesus told this parable of the foundations, he was warning people who were not taking in what he was teaching them. They were wowed by miracles and intrigued by his stories, but they were not drinking it down into their lives. They sipping without guzzling. Guzzle. Digging a foundation that lasts means you are guzzling down the word of Christ.

It is not enough for the word to fall on your ears – that is happening this morning and yet there will be someone here who has ears but is not hearing. The seed is falling on a hard path and before I finish this sentence the enemy has already pecked it off their consciousness and it has put down no root.

You must be good soil which has been loosened to receive the seed of God’s Word and let it take deep root in your life.

You need to employ the word YES! When you hear God speak to you, say YES. And by that YES, mean “I accept what you are telling me and I want that to be true in me in every way you intend, Lord”. Remember what the Lord said to people who were part of a very superficial uncommitted Christian tradition (so uncommitted that the Lord likened them to lukewarm tea – neither hot nor cold – something to be spat from his mouth! He said: “Listen, I stand at the door knocking. If any person hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and we will eat together.” That’s what it means to hear his words. Say YES. Hear the knock, throw open the door, receive Christ into your life. Eat and drink and fellowship with him.

So, digging a foundation means:

1. Coming to Christ.
2. Hearing his word – paying attention – guzzling down the water of life.