I was talking with a fellow surgeon today about a recent patient that he examined. His patient is an athlete who has the capability of playing his sport at the highest professional level with an earning potential in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Unfortunately, his patient also sustained a significant injury which may prevent that potential from ever occurring.
"This sport is all this guy knows," he told me. "What does someone do when the most important thing in the world is taken from them?"
What a great question! A Holy Spirit inspired question that each of us is asked if we are quiet enough to hear it. God's word tells us, and our observations confirm, that in this world we will all have troubles, woeful troubles that suck the breath from our lungs. God's word also answers this question.
Jesus told a story one day about two men. One man built his house with a foundation that was dug down to solid rock. This man is described as hearing Jesus's teachings and then putting them into practice. Another man also hears these words, but chooses to ignore them. He is described as a man who constructs a house on the ground without a foundation. A flood occurred with the torrent striking both houses. The one with the strong foundation was not destroyed, but the foundation-less one collapsed and was completely destroyed.
The strong foundation is not reading God's word and thinking, "Wow that's good." It is not sitting in a room listening to the word being explained and nodding and shouting "Amen." It is engaging the world you live in, and letting your good deeds shine so that your Father in heaven is given the glory.
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