Wise and Foolish Builders (Chantilly Sermon)
When culture says just do you, be like Jesus instead.
Culture says “you do you,” and what you want is what’s best for you.
Reality: to live life to the full, you can’t do and live any way you want. You have to follow God’s plan.
Matthew 7:24-27 - “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”
When culture says just do you, be like Jesus instead
“The God who knows you the best, knows the best for you." Woodrow Krull
How is your foundation?
Are you one to evaluating your life to see if your foundation is one set on Jesus?
- Foundation isn't strong enough, fragile, easily broken
- One hour a week doesn't foster followers, but fans
Who is guarding your foundation?
- You’re around competing values & ideas 24/7, who has a seat at your table?
- Social psychologist Dr. David McClelland of Harvard University found that “the people you habitually associate with determine as much as 95 percent of your success or failure in life.”
What kind of life is growing from your foundation?
- Most live a life filled with self-serving goals, dreams, and ideas. We’re chasing this fast-paced American dream when we should be hitting the brakes to catch the Godly dream he designed for us. We’re passing it by and in the process have a weak foundation. Our life should be overjoyed and a beacon of light to those around us.
- “Indeed we have great reason to rejoice. If life and its rushed pace and many stresses have made it difficult for you to feel like rejoicing, then perhaps now is a good time to refocus on what matters most. Strength comes not from frantic activity but from being settled on a firm foundation of truth and light. It comes from placing our attention and efforts on the basics of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It comes from paying attention to the divine things that matter most.” — Deiter Uchtdorf
The truth is your life is whole with Jesus. How will that impact you going forward?
