Matthew 7:26-27
Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.
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The words of Jesus in today’s verses do not require a degree in meteorology or in political science for us to recognize that there is a storm coming, and that it is not far off. Abiding in the Word, directed by the Holy Spirit will make the forecast very clear!

David had prayed that the Lord would let him take refuge in the shelter of His wings.{Ps.61:4} And to go back to Isaiah, he also prophesied that there would be a shelter to give us shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain. (Is.4:6} God has always had a plan—a plan for welfare and not for calamity to give us a future and a hope. {Jer.29:11} That plan is centered on His Word made flesh who dwelt among us. {Jn.1:14}

Unfortunately, as the Lord said to Isaiah as He called him to prophesy to His people, since the hearts of His people were insensitive, their ears dull, and their eyes dim, and they were not seeing with their eyes, hearing with their ears, and understanding with their hearts {Is.6:10} God was going to expose that.

When I was a child living and going to school in a suburb just outside New York City, every Friday afternoon the air raid sirens would be tested, sounding their loud, harsh cries and we would jump underneath our magical little wooden school desks which would save us from the nuclear explosions that would be on the way. That was the world’s plan and not a very good one at that! Even though I was in a school that was a part of the largest Christian denomination yet they had never taught me God's plan!

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? {Ps.27:1} Everything will take a child of God back to our loving Father, led by His Son Jesus Christ. That is if we hear His words and act upon them!

We do not have to wait for the air raid sirens to go to God in prayer, as a matter of fact He has told us that we should pray without ceasing, regardless if it is nuclear war, rain, floods and storms or just a little thing (a lot of those things in our daily lives) we can now go with confidence to the throne of grace. That is THE place where we will receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. {Heb.4:16}

Here is a summary of the plan—pin it to your heart, learn it and act upon it:

“Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-22)

DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH