Living with Luke (16): Luke 6:46-49
46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ and don’t do what I say? 47 I’ll show what it’s like when someone comes to me, hears my words, and puts them into practice. 48 It’s like a person building a house by digging deep and laying the foundation on bedrock. When the flood came, the rising water smashed against that house, but the water couldn’t shake the house because it was well built. 49 But those who don’t put into practice what they hear are like a person who built a house without a foundation. The floodwater smashed against it and it collapsed instantly. It was completely destroyed.” Ever since we told God what my grandchildren often tell each other - “You aren’t the boss of me!” - the unity God intended between hearing and heeding has been shattered. The obedient hearing that acknowledged God was in control of life was to have been the mark of genuine creaturehood, the way we glorified our Creator. But terribly, tragically, and destruc...