06/20/2026
Start of the day blessings and confessions
Is your life a titanic or an Ark?
Basic safety standards would have saved many lives on the titanic. Hit fewer icebergs and have more safety boats. Never assume, but know and plan. Life is this way, never think you have it all figured out! The builders of the titanic said it was “unsinkable”, that didn’t work out so well and there was a great shortage of life boats and many lives were lost. So what do you have all figured out, do you think you are unsinkable, too important or just too arrogant to know? I know when I try to live life my way, I hit iceberg after iceberg, I take on water and sink every time and my plan b the life boats all are missing. The disciples thought they would just cross over the sea as Jesus instructed, but found out in the storm they were not ready to face that massive adversary, they were not mature enough yet in their faith and they panicked, the boat was taking on water and they cried out to Jesus as the last resort, before sinking. Jesus simply replied to the storm and then said to the disciples where was your faith? Our faith had to be built by Christ, His word and His spirit or we will surely fail. Jesus said the foolish man will build his house on the sand, to build on the sand is by his own effort, by his own call, by his own presumption and not on any sure foundation, he just jumped and put together his life on his own. Jesus said and then the rains and winds came and great was the fall of his house. His house was engineered like the titanic, he thought he would never sink! Ever seen anyone like this or have we been like this. This would be a person living in a paradigm of clawing self interest. They spend their life do***ng icebergs and still end up on the bottom. Jesus also said the man who hears His word and obeys is the man who builds his house on the rock, a firm foundation of faith, trust and confidence in Christ. When the storms and winds came the house remained perfectly intact. The difference is the sand man built his own titanic. The Rock man built an ark that could not sink. In 1519 Cortez invaded the Aztec kingdom and when he landed the ships he gave an order to burn the boats. The sure implication is there is no plan B, we see here and now we have to win. there is no retreat. So how do we proceed? Do we build our own structure and plan our own agenda then become lost in the paradigm of our own selfish ego? If so, the warning will be to look for the icebergs of trouble, they are coming. Or do we let God build our house, let Him plan our way and guide us into His perfect will. If so then we will be like the ark, it will float regardless of the storms, winds and troubles. We do not need a plan B. We just need to be taught, be accountable to authority and be a warrior. Win the days. Don’t let the hard days win.
“And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell–and great and complete was the fall of it.”
Matthew 7:25-27