Adam Commeens
"Two Foundations"
Luke 6:46-49 ESV

If a house's foundation is off, everything will be off. In the Sermon on the Mount, our propensity might be to see the teaching as too hard for us. We might be tempted to look for "spiritual shortcuts." But when real life starts to happen, if our lives are not built on Jesus, we will fall apart. What does it mean to build on the foundation of Jesus? And what are the benefits to building on Jesus as our foundation? Building our lives on the foundation of Jesus is inextricably linked with obedience to God and bearing fruit out of love for God. It means digging deep into the Word of God, his truth, fellowshipping with others, engaging in prayer, and clinging to Christ instead of relying solely on earthly support. The benefits of building on Jesus are the security and safety created by God's indwelling Spirit, perseverance through hard times, blessing of comfort in the midst of difficulty, and the nearness of God in hardship. 

If you haven't had that kind of experience with Jesus, go to him, repent, turn toward him as the true foundation and source of life.

Luke 6:46-49

English Standard Version
Build Your House on the Rock

46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[a] 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”