A LITTLE child who was busy on the sea shore with her little spade and bucket, said to her father, “Father, it is much easier to build a house upon the sand than upon a rock.”
“Yes,” he replied, “for when you build upon a rock, you have to lay the foundation right into the solid rock, and then the house and rock become one. There is no trouble necessary in laying a foundation in the sand; with your little wooden spade you can easily do that.”
Children, mind your foundation. Are you building on the sand, or in the Rock?
My hope on nothing less is built
Than Jesus, and the blood He spilt;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on His Great Name:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand—
All other ground is sinking sand.”
“The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my Strength, in whom I will trust.” (Psa. 18:22The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalm 18:2).)
ML 06/17/1917