Overwhelmed with work, while it seems we are fighting one crisis to the next. Worry, stress and anxiety starts to build up as our tempers are short and ready to burn. Then we might start looking for quick fixes falling easily into the temptations of the world which promises short termed happiness. Do we then only cry out in desperation, Lord, Lord help us? Sand! Sand! And more sand all around.
What we need in our lives is not a thing but a person. Our living God and saviour Jesus Christ. The rock that we build upon is our relationship with Him. Through prayer, listening to and living His Word; doing the Will of our Heavenly Father. Then we will find that there are no storms in our lives that we cannot weather. Peace joy and love is ours to have and share.
O Lord my God, I’ve come to do Your Will, now and forever more. Amen
First reading
Isaiah 26:1-6
That day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
to guard us he has set
wall and rampart about us.
Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in,
she, the faithful one
whose mind is steadfast, who keeps the peace,
because she trusts in you.
Trust in the Lord for ever,
for the Lord is the everlasting Rock;
he has brought low those who lived high up
in the steep citadel;
he brings it down, brings it down to the ground,
flings it down in the dust:
the feet of the lowly, the footsteps of the poor
trample on it.
Gospel
Matthew 7:21,24-27
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the person who does the will of my Father in heaven. ‘Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and hurled themselves against that house, and it did not fall: it was founded on rock. But everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. Rain came down, floods rose, gales blew and struck that house, and it fell; and what a fall it had!’
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