Daily Bread – May 29, 2023 (The Second Day – Genesis 1:6-8) Matthew 7:24 – Everyone, then, who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who builds his house upon a rock. Obedience vs Disobedience Every act of obedience is as if one is constructing a house upon an immovable foundation. The house so built up by the Lord, through the obedience of His child, stands unmovable and unshakable forever. There is no force of nature or power of hell that can shake the life of the one who is devoted to being a doer of the Word. Obedience to the Word ensures that we are always dwelling safely under the shadow of the Almighty as we walk with Him – clinging to Him with all of our soul (Galatians 5:16; Romans 13:14; Psalms 91:1). The false security of the those who are at work building a life that is not upon obedience to Christ Jesus has a devastating end. They find themselves being continually defeated and the way of the overcomer never realized. Unwilling to lose their life and abide in Christ Jesus, they never come to know the ways of God and the rest of walking in the Spirit. Continually overwhelmed by the storms of life, they never cease looking for something in this world to satisfy. All the while, they believe themselves to be a part of the household of faith, dwelling in the house of the Lord. Yet, they are unwilling to recognize that their house is built upon the wrong foundation (Matthew 6:22-23; Hebrews 3:13). The foundation of sand is the life lived for one’s own self interest, doing those things that each person believes to be right in their own eyes (Deuteronomy 12:8; Judges 17:6). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 5/29/2023
