Week 11: Week of Empowerment

Day 71: You gotta dig deeper.

Today’s Big Idea: Built on the Rock

Key Verse: Matthew 7:24

Passage of the day: Matthew 7:21-29

Thoughts to consider: This coming week we are going to explore some Bible passages that remind us of the empowerment of the Spirit to do the work of the ministry. 

In today’s passage, Jesus contrasts two kinds of builders - a wise builder who builds on the rock, and a foolish builder who builds on the sand. But no one really builds a house in the middle of the sand, right? People do it all the time. Especially in the Middle East where Jesus taught. Sand is everywhere in the desert. So when Jesus talks about sand, he not only connected to his surroundings, he created a word picture of something that constantly shifts. Take a look at the culture around us. Sand is everywhere. Values are always shifting and beliefs come and go like fads from one year to the next. Just like any house build in the desert will have sand around it, any ministry you begin will have the same. But you don’t have to anchor yourself to the sand. Churches are built within neighborhoods, communities, and cultures that are constantly shifting around us like sand. But while we live and minister in the desert, we can stay anchored to the rock. We just may have to dig a little deeper. As you continue to develop the ministry or project you are called to, don’t be tempted to chase after fads or get stuck in traditional thinking. That is sand. Dig one level deeper to find Jesus again and anchor everything you are called to do to Him.