12月16日
标 题：盖在磐石上
经 节：所以，凡听见我这话就去行的，好比一个聪明人，把房子盖在磐石上。（马太福音七章24节）
基督徒生活需要付上努力的代价。基督教包括系统性地将神的话语，应用在自己的生活上。除非有恒地活出神的话语，否则不能有灵性的深度与成熟度。
耶稣当时才刚刚结束山上的讲道，祂在那儿说明了最深刻的真理。神的儿子亲自解明什么样的生活是讨天父的欢喜。然而，耶稣知道虽然祂已经下了结论，但有些听众可能永远不会在生活中实践所听到的道。
耶稣说，人把神的话语应用在生活上，就像一个聪明人把房子盖在磐石上。磐石是很坚硬的，很难盖房子在上面。这需要我们非常努力，才能把建筑物盖在磐石之上。把房子建造在沙土之上，会给我们立即的成果；把房子盖在磐石上，则是又麻烦又吃力，并且沉闷乏味。然而，把房子盖在沙土上的，会使工头落在易受攻击的地位；把房子建在磐石上的工头则高枕无忧。
你如何分辨自己正在盖什么样的房子？看暴风雨来临时的反应即可得知。人生风暴会扫去那些不留心神话语的人，而那些把生命建立在神话语的人，会在任何风暴中屹立不摇。
灵性的成熟是没有快捷方式的，唯有努力顺服神的话语才能成熟。你下回听到耶稣的话，要立即将祂的话语坚固地建立在生活中，以至于没有任何人生风暴会动摇你。
Built
on a Rock
Therefore
whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise
man who built his house on the rock. (Matthew 7:24)
The
Christian life is hard work. Christianity involves systematically striving to
implement the truths of God’s Word into your life. Spiritual depth and maturity
do not come without consistent effort.
Jesus
had just concluded the Sermon on the Mount, which sets forth some of the most
profound truths ever spoken. The Son of God had clearly explained the kind of
life that is pleasing to the Father. Yet Jesus knew, even as He was concluding
His sermon, that some of His listeners would leave and never apply a word they
had heard.
Jesus
said that a man who takes the words of God and builds them into his life is
like a wise man who builds his house on a rock. Rocks are hard to build on. It
takes great effort to attach a foundation to a rock. A house built on sand
provides instant comfort; building on a rock is laborious and tedious. Yet
building on sand leaves the builder in a vulnerable position, while the one
building on the rock is secure.
How
can you tell what kind of foundation a life has been built on? Watch to see
what happens when a storm comes. A life built upon the Word of God will
withstand the very storm that sweeps away the life that did not heed God’s
Word.
There
are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. Maturity only comes through hard work
and obedience to what God says. The next time you hear Jesus speaking,
immediately begin to firmly build His truth into your life, so that no storm
can unsettle you.
