Welcome to Monday, July 19th!

Today’s episode of The Cross Talk Daily Devotional is titled:

Something Solid To Stand Upon!

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This is pastor Warren Swanson, creator and host of the Serving Jesus Christ podcast site with your Monday, July 19th, Crosstalk Daily Devotional. May these words bless you and provide you with ideas to think about as you live out this day.

Today's episode is titled:

Something Solid To Stand Upon.

I think that if you were to ask anyone to describe the world that we live in today, they would probably settle on the word uncertain. You might also hear them use words like crazy or mixed-up even insane. It is certainly different than even just a decade or so ago. I don't consider myself old, but I remember when things used to be more certain, I have noticed that I have begun using phrases like, I remember when, or it used to be.

People hate uncertainty. I have to admit that I am one of those people.

Do you understand what I am saying? Obviously, however, we are not going to find an unmovable and solid rock upon which to stand within our culture and society. We have already established that the things of this world change without even a moment's notice.

Whenever I think about a solid rock, something solid to stand upon - I think of the Sunday school song, The Wise Man and The Foolish Man, Matthew 7: 24 through 27.

Therefore, 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.

In many ways, all of our lives look quite similar on the outside, just as it seems, these two houses looked much the same from the outside. Maybe they each had a beautiful garden all around them that covered the ground and the foundation upon which they were built. However, the real difference that is the foundation of the house was hidden by the beautiful gardens. Our foundation is ofttimes hidden from the world around us. Our real foundation is only proven when the storms of life come against us. It is then that we find out on which foundation a person's life is built upon. Is it built on the things of this world or on the things of God? The good news is that you and I can live in this completely uncertain, unreliable world with certainty, and competence that exceeds your wildest imaginations.

Who are these builders? Perhaps you thought of the word contractor, those hired to build a structure. Again, who are these builders?

You are the builder. I am the builder. You and everyone else has a house to build in this life. Every moment we are here on this earth, we are building our lives. The difference lies in the materials we use. Most importantly, it is the kind of foundation upon which we build, how we build our lives, determines our eternal destiny. Take a moment today to take an inventory of the building materials you are using to build your house.

Let's pray,

Gracious Heavenly Father,

As we take an inventory of our lives, help us to set aside those things that corrupt the building process. May we be sure of the foundation on which we are building. Help us to see the lost around us and their faulty construction practices and to tell them how they can obtain a better building material. Help us to faithfully serve you this day in the name of Jesus. Amen.