Building on the Rock

Luke 6:48 tells us that the man who puts Gods words into practice “is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.” Later, Jesus told Peter in Mathew 16: 18-19, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” God has a plan for your church! The context of this blog is that you as a pastor or leader have a choice to make to be in God’s will, and follow HIS plan or you can try to do it according to your own plan. When we plant a church firmly on the ROCK of Jesus Christ, then that church, as long as it follows Gods plan will be the church HE wants it to be. We as church leadership are like the stones planted firmly on a solid rock foundation. It won’t slip or settle. Following God’s plan is solid though not always predictable. Sometimes following HIS plan will mean that the church is growing like crazy, and sometimes not. God’s plan. Sometimes HIS plan is exactly what we think it should be, and sometimes not. God’s plan. Keep on the Rock, and it will keep us out of the quicksand of our own path. I like the words of Steven Furdick on this topic: “It’s better to be a rock that He can build on than a stumbling block that He has to remove.”