How many times have I heard the story about the wise man that built his house upon the rock and the fool who built his house upon the sand. As I child I took it literally and thought well obviously it was a stupid idea to build one's house upon the sand and then as I grew up I guess I just never really thought about it until today. For awhile now I've been struggling with ideals that sounded really appealing even though I knew they were wrong there was something about them or maybe it was more about the person who was saying them to me that made me let myself get messed up and off track.
Today when I was reading Colossians the spirit opened my eyes and let me see that these idea's and philosophies and false teachings are just grains of sand on the very appealing golden shore that I was spending more time on than Jesus the rock, who I should be clinging to for dear life because when the storm hits all those pretty looking and musically sounding false teachings and the person that entices me to listen and entertain them will cease to exist.
Today I realised my mistakes and I died to the spiritual elements of this world, like Christ.
Now I'm really seeing the benefit of reading books in their entirety and not just getting by on daily verses. How many years have I held myself back? Lost so much time, but going to be making the most of what I have left.
Today when I was reading Colossians the spirit opened my eyes and let me see that these idea's and philosophies and false teachings are just grains of sand on the very appealing golden shore that I was spending more time on than Jesus the rock, who I should be clinging to for dear life because when the storm hits all those pretty looking and musically sounding false teachings and the person that entices me to listen and entertain them will cease to exist.
Today I realised my mistakes and I died to the spiritual elements of this world, like Christ.
Now I'm really seeing the benefit of reading books in their entirety and not just getting by on daily verses. How many years have I held myself back? Lost so much time, but going to be making the most of what I have left.
