What Do We Build Our Lives On?

We all build our lives on something. Money, popularity, talent, relationships, or what have you. 
I speak from personal experience when I say that these things can be yanked out from under you so fast it will take your breath away.
Its like in Matthew, when Jesus is talking about the man who built his life on the sand, "And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."  (Matthew 7:26,27)
When you build your lives on things of this world, temporary things, it's so easy to have them taken away. 
And then what are you left with? 
As Christians, we are called to build our lives on the foundation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Psalm 18:2 says, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."
When you build your life on this strong foundation, and those things of this world, those false gods, are pulled out from under you, "It will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock." (Matthew 7:24,25)
God wants you to lean on Him. To trust in Him so completely that no matter what trials may come your way, you will not falter or fall to one side or the other, but you will grow stronger on your foundation, and glorify God so that others may see and believe.

So what are you built on? The fickle and false things of this world, or on the solid, unchangeable rock that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 
When trials come will you be able to stand firm, or will you stumble and fall?

Build your life on the rock, and I promise you, you will never stumble and you will always have something to cling to in times of trouble.

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock." Matthew 7:24,25

"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many, For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." Matthew 7:13-14