Jesus said to his disciples:
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,'
will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined."
In this passage we are reminded that following Christ does not mean simply saying we believe. Following Christ means serving the will of the Father. Christ is the incarnation of the Father. Christ is the word made flesh. If we do not see God's will in Christ's message we miss the point. Christ is the visible sign of God's love for us. So not only are we called to follow God's will, God demands it from us so that we can make the Kingdom of God a reality. Like the man who builds his house on solid rock, so too shall we invest our time in God's kingdom rather than building our own.
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