Reflection on Mt 7:24-25

In the preceding verses, Jesus points out the essence – doing the will of God: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” If we seek first the will of God in our life and if we also try to do it, it is true about us that we are like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Sooner or later the winds blow, the rain descends and the floods come, but if our house is founded on the rock, it will not fall. The problem why we try to build a house on the sand many times is that we easily believe in what seems good to us, evokes our interest, offers advantage and makes the impression that right this attractive option is the ideal solution in our decision-making. Once we cling to this vision and try to achieve our dream, we are no longer willing to seek the will of God because we avoid the thought that we should abandon our house on the sand. It seems so hard, disadvantageous and often even repulsive to us to start building on the rock, and so under the pressure of the false good we throw away the true good, or we make ourselves believe that this false good is the will of God.

Our life is a perpetual fight between the truth and the lie. God loves us and wants to give us the true good rather than something that just seems to be good but falls with the first wind like a house on the sand. Therefore it is necessary to establish a priority at the very beginning of our decision-making. This priority is to seek the will of God. The Word of God says: “He who seeks finds.” However, the motivation in seeking the will of God cannot be just achievement of results but mainly the willingness to do the will of God who loves me and gave up His will in the Garden of Gethsemane for me and my salvation though it cost Him the sweat of blood. God wants to help us build a house on the rock in our life. But it depends on us if we cooperate with Him. Then we will be truly happy.

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