One Sunday night the ILA Bible study focused on setting a strong foundation. The story the students discussed was about the wise man who built his house upon the rock. If you have not heard the story before, you would not know that it is not just a story about a wise man who built his house upon the rock. It also talks about the foolish man who built his house on the sand.
24"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. 25The 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. 26But 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. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." Matthew 7:24-27.
The girls were asked to say what they thought the words house, rock, sand, and rain/wind, symbolized. Addy an 8th grader jumped at the chance to answer and quickly raised her hand. Addy said that the house symbolized us. Next Jessica raised her hand and added that the Rock symbolized Jesus. Addy raised her hand and answered the last two, she said that the sand was a symbol of the world and Satan and the rain/wind was a symbol of the trials in our life.
Later, I had the opportunity to speak a bit more in depth with Addy. I asked her if she would tell me more about what she thought of the story from the study. She told me she has heard the story many times, but this time she began to think more and more about the choice. What she meant by the “choice” was what foundation she was going to build her houses on; the rock or the sand. Addy said that she believes our houses would be “so much better if we choose to build them on the rock, but either way we will have trials”. --Evian Schindler, Communications Coordinator
24"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. 25The 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. 26But 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. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." Matthew 7:24-27.
The girls were asked to say what they thought the words house, rock, sand, and rain/wind, symbolized. Addy an 8th grader jumped at the chance to answer and quickly raised her hand. Addy said that the house symbolized us. Next Jessica raised her hand and added that the Rock symbolized Jesus. Addy raised her hand and answered the last two, she said that the sand was a symbol of the world and Satan and the rain/wind was a symbol of the trials in our life.
Later, I had the opportunity to speak a bit more in depth with Addy. I asked her if she would tell me more about what she thought of the story from the study. She told me she has heard the story many times, but this time she began to think more and more about the choice. What she meant by the “choice” was what foundation she was going to build her houses on; the rock or the sand. Addy said that she believes our houses would be “so much better if we choose to build them on the rock, but either way we will have trials”. --Evian Schindler, Communications Coordinator
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