I remember reading stories with my Dad at bedtime. We had a big book of fairy tales that we would read and it was always very entertaining. Do you remember the story about the 3 Little Pigs?
I reread this story today and the beginning caught my attention. It went like this, “Once upon a time there was an old mother pig who had three little pigs and not enough food to feed them. So when they were old enough, she sent them out in the world to seek their fortunes”. Those 3 little pigs came from the same house and grew up with the same mother who taught them the things they needed to know before sending them out to fend for themselves. You would think they would all build the brick house but that was not the case. The first 2 pigs were lazy and chose poor building materials as their foundation which proved to be no match for the big bad wolf as he huffed and puffed and blew their house down hoping to devour them. Luckily they got away and ran to the third little pigs house. The third little pig was not lazy. He worked hard to build himself a house on a strong foundation to offer him protection from the outside world. When the wolf came, he had no power because the third pig knew the importance of a strong house.
Luke 6:47-49 talks about building our solid foundation. My parents did a good job of teaching me at a young age the importance of having Christ as my foundation but I admit to being lazy about it at times in my life. If we are lazy with our relationship with God and pick and choose what to obey, our foundation starts to crumble. The world huffs and puffs all the time and it will blow our house down if we don’t take the time to know God be obedient. Difficulties in life were definitely more difficult when I wasn’t sitting on that firm foundation. When we come to Christ, listen to his teaching, and obey; we are making our foundation stronger. It takes more work, but we can weather the storms of life so much better. The wolf has no power over us when we know Who our foundation is. It is never too late to start building or rebuilding your foundation.
Luke 6:47 “I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then obeys me. It is like a person who builds a house on a strong foundation laid upon the underlying rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who listens and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will crumble into a heap of ruins”.
Be the third pig:)