Matthew 7:25-27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

While I was watching the news this morning the headlines seemed to be filled with people who are unstable. I cannot help but wonder how the word spoken to us by Jesus relates to the actions of these people who do violence, no matter where it is done. The foundation of sand is unstable. The life one builds on anything but the Rock is unstable.

So many times we want to point at our great enemy Satan and blame him for the evil in the world. It seems that the fallen nature of man is capable of great evil without urgings from the enemy. Jesus did not point to the structure of the house as the problem. Design had nothing to do with the fall. It was and is about any life build without Jesus as the foundation. All, no matter how poorly designed or richly designed are at risk of collapse.

I hear words like “He was brought up in a Christian home.” Just because you see a house built on good foundations does not mean you will build your own upon the same Rock. So often we look to our own foundations and assume that those who were afforded the protection of our roof would continue therein. That is presumptuous and unwise.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Providing cover is not training.