Friend, if your life is falling apart, you may want to examine your foundation. Just like houses with poor foundations, our lives will crumble if they do not have the proper footing.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus spoke of two kinds of builders — wise and foolish. These two men had some things in common. They were building in the same general area; were probably using some of the same materials; using similar building plans; and, they were both building with an impending storm.

However, there was one great difference. One dug down to the bedrock and laid his foundation. The other simply poured a slab and started putting up walls and a roof, on shifting sand. When the storm came one stood, but the other fell.

Jesus said the wise builder was like the one who hears His word and does it. Are you listening to God? Good! But, are you doing it? James says that a man is self-deceived if he just walks away and does not obey!