In Luke’s gospel Jesus likens a person, who hears God’s Word and does it, to a well-built house with a good foundation that can withstand a vehement storm. Jesus also likens the one, who hears His Word and doesn’t do it, to a poorly built house that collapses in the storm. What’s the moral of the story? For us to withstand the storms of life, we must not only hear the Word but act on it. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22). James even says that we deceive ourselves for doing one without the other. So don’t just listen, do it.
Daniel Vázquez, Ministry Assistant