As a young boy we used to sing in Sunday School, “The Wise Man built his house upon the Rock!”

One day long ago Jesus told a Story about that wise man. “The wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24-25

But all people do not build upon the “rock,” on a solid foundation. Jesus then taught further about: “A foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” Matthew 7:26-27

This Parable is pretty straightforward, easily understood. Two foundations, one choice! I see them as: God’s Way or the devil’s way.

I want to build my life on the solid Rock of the Word of God! On the Lord Jesus Christ, “the Solid Rock!”

On what type foundation are YOU building?

Then I though of another scenario, not mentioned by Jesus. Probably folks back in those days were not as foolish as now!

What if I told you about a group of people who built their House, collectively as a Nation, on a rock, immoveable and steadfast … then decided to destroy that house and build another one … on the sand? Quicksand I am afraid!

Preacher, that’s silly!

Well, it has happened in my lifetime.

Those people (particularly the inhabitants of the United States of America) are currently completing the stupidest demolition job every enacted. Destroying a nation once built on the Rock.

And trying to reconstruct on the sand! That Nation will likely be bankrupt before she gets her flimsy house finished. She’s already bankrupt spiritually.

And mark my words, just like Jesus said, a Storm is coming!

The sands will shift.

But the old Rock Foundation is gone, deliberately forsaken!

And the Bible asks: “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3

Yes, to those who build upon the sand … “The rain will descend, and the floods will come, and the winds will blow, and beat upon that house; and it will fall: and great will be the fall of it.”

I lament for my Country!

We had better get to praying: “O Lord, in wrath remember mercy.” Habakkuk 3:2, King James Version.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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