Do you Feel a Shift?

Matthew 7:24-27
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” -Jesus

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; 
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand. 
– Edward Mote

We walked along the shore of Lake Erie. With each step, the sand under my feet shifted as I kept my balance and searched for lake glass and shells. With the sweep of the end of a stick, the sand pushed aside. The tiny grains ground by the powerful water shifted with ease.

As a child and with my children, I built sandcastles. With a little water, the sand mounded into walls and turrets. With a wave of water, the sandcastle fell to destruction.

I’ve felt a shift in life lately—one that requires me to pray and check my sources. Yes, fact check, but not on Google. I’m fact checking against the Word of God. What does He say about the chaos of the world, the struggles, the shifts?

1 John 4:1-2 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God...” 

Like the song I learned at VBS as a child: the wise man built his house upon the rock.

The sand is in constant motion, pushed by the waves, while the rock offers a solid foundation to build life on. Move away from the sand and stand on the solid rock of Jesus. For only He offers comfort, peace, salvation, and truth.