Life's storms

Matthew 7:24 - 27 says, "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it." Let's look at three lessons we can learn from this story about life's storms.

1. Everyone is hit by storms. (v. 25, 27)

2. Everyone has the same instructions. (v. 24, 26)

3. Everyone who acts upon the instructions stands. (v. 24)

These principles were true and necessary when Jesus spoke them in the sermon on the mount, and they are true and necessary today. Are we hearing and doing the teachings of our Lord?