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63. Wise or Foolish Builder 02.03.20

I was laying on the couch with Nash earlier today and a wave of emotions hit me. The next thing I know I’m seeing thousands of people lined up along the shore of a beach. They were all looking out over the vast ocean. I noticed that many were standing on the sand, but there were about a third of them (maybe less) that had carried cinder blocks to the shore. They each carried one heavy cinder block for miles to get to the shore and set it down on the beach. Then they all stood upon the small surface of their blocks. Those standing on the sand looked confused and began questioning those standing firmly on the blocks. Why would you carry that heavy block for so long of a distance only to end up out here with us? Why would you want to try so hard to balance on that small cinder block when the entire beach is right here? Don’t your legs hurt trying to keep yourself balanced on such a small surface? Why would you want to do this? Why not be like the rest of us standing on the beach in the sand? Why would you walk so far barefoot carrying that weight, wearing on your back and the skin of your toes? Those standing on the blocks didn’t feel a need to defend their decision. They stood firm, with peace, looking to the sky.
Then, out of no where, a giant tsunami like wave hit the shore. As the waves crashed, I heard the screams of those who were standing on the sand being washed away. They didn’t understand what had happened or why there was such a swift ferocity in that single wave. They were swept away. Time was up. As the wave subsided, those balanced on their cinder blocks were safe. They were completely dry as if the water had never even touched them. They were still quiet but with a loving certainty that everything was fine. They were loved and saved, marked as “mine” by their Lord.
I truly believe that this is a vision similar to the parable in the Bible regarding the wise and foolish builders. Those who carried the heavy block (their cross to bare) were found safe and untouched by the waves. Everyone who relied on this world and the things in it (standing on the sand) were swept away in a swift and ferocious end. Those who took the mockery for being different, those who balanced on that small block, living righteously, turning from sins of this world and following the Lord were found safe under his care. Those who believed in Jesus stood firmly on blocks safe and sound.
Matthew 7:24-27 New International Version (NIV)
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

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