Episode 269: You Don’t Build a House in a Storm

What does it look like to actually build your life on Jesus, not just hear about it? Dot and Cara wrap up the Sermon on the Mount with the parable of the wise and foolish builders, and this one lands close to home. The storm is coming either way. The question is whether you've been laying bricks before it gets here, or scrambling to build a foundation in the middle of the rain. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us.Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know! Episode RecapIntro (00:00)Write this down: Matthew 7:24-27, the parable of the wise man and the foolish man (00:06)Real-life illustration: million-dollar Nantucket homes built knowing they'd fall into the ocean (01:46)Jesus isn't talking about literal houses, he's talking about your life and what you're building it on (03:04)"God doesn't give you more than you can handle" isn't quite right. He gives you more than you can handle so you rely on Him (04:08)The difference between hearing God's words and actually doing them, and why doing is what builds the foundation (06:29)Cara shares what it felt like during a Nashville ice storm, hearing trees fall all around her, and what that image shows us about focusing on the storm instead of the foundation (09:09)You don't build your house in a storm. You build it for the storm. And yet most of us wait for a crisis before we start (13:40)Don't put yourself on the front lines of the battle. Wisdom means knowing your weaknesses and not walking toward them (20:08)Building your house isn't all at once. God cleans out one thing at a time. Start with what's already on your heart and lay one brick (23:01)Are you interested in having Dot come and speak to your community? Email us at [email protected] Write this Down! on YouTubeFind Dot Bowen on Instagram and Facebook This Episode’s Scripture VerseMatthew 7:24-27 (ESV) — "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. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house 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."Resources MentionedPete Greig24/7 Prayer