March 13-Foolish
March
13: Foolish
Scripture Lesson: Matthew 7:24-27
On this date in 1917, after hearing that catcher Gabby Street had
caught a ball dropped from the Washington Monument, Dodger manager Wilbert
Robinson bragged that he could catch a ball dropped from a plane. When they
tried the stunt, however, Casey Stengel substituted a grapefruit for the
baseball. Robinson circled unsteadily under the descending grapefruit and
actually got a glove on it as it splattered across his chest. Robinson felt the
ooze, thought it was blood, and screamed that he was dying until he tasted the
juice. He later conceded that he probably would have been killed if a real
baseball had been dropped from the plane.
Jesus closed the Sermon on the Mount with this parable about wise
and foolish builders. He said that those who heard His teachings and put them
into practice would be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. When the
storms came, the house would stand strong. But, Jesus said, those who heard his
words but did not put them into practice would be like a foolish man who built
his house on the sand. When the storms came, that house fell with a great
crash. That truth has not changed. It is foolish for us to build our lives upon
anything other than Jesus and His words. It is not enough to know His words
with our minds: we have to put them into practice in our hearts. Failing to
follow Jesus is just as foolish as trying to catch a baseball dropped from an
airplane.
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Where is
your life built today?
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How is
Jesus living through your life?
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What
changes do we need to make to be on the solid rock of Jesus Christ.
Building our lives on the Master is the only way to find happiness
and peace in this world and to withstand the storms of life.
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2016
by David Daly