Storms Will Test

God allows tragedies for reasons we will never fully comprehend. Far be it from me to claim to know what God’s purpose is for the “storms” in our life, but I do know this:

STORMS WILL TEST THE STRUCTURE OF A BUILDING.

Ask anyone who’s been through a hurricane or a tornado. Maybe you’re facing a storm in your life right now: loss of a loved one, financial crisis, relationship issues, a serious health problem.

There’s a lesson to be learned in these storms, whether they’re man-made or nature-made: It is so important for our lives to be built on a foundation that cannot be shaken. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:24-27), Jesus said,

“Everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.  And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.  Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Storms will test the structure of a building. So is your faith in Jesus built like that of a mobile home? Or is it built like that of a fortress?

Before 9/11, my faith in Jesus was built on sand… actually, more like quicksand. But God used the most horrific event of my life to “set my feet upon a rock, making my footsteps firm” (Psalm 40:2).

Hmmmm. Maybe I should change my name from Jennifer Sands to Jennifer Rocks ; )