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BUILD A HOUSE ON A STONE FOUNDATION OR ON SAND
The parable of 2 men looking for a place to build their house. A man walking on the sand found that the sand was very soft, he used a stake to insert it into the sand, and immediately the stake was inserted deep easily, and he confidently chose the sandy bank to build his house. The other man did not do so, he left the sandy shore to find a flat piece of land on the far side of the sandy shore, a piece of land with a very hard rock foundation. He decided to build his house on this stone foundation. Every day, he uses a hammer to drill deep holes in the stone floor to plant piles to build a house. This work is extremely laborious because the stone foundation is very hard, it is very difficult to chisel deeply, but he still perseveres every day to chisel every hammer in difficulty to make the foundation of his house. The man who built the house on the sand soon had a spacious house for a long time, he often came to the land with a hard stone foundation to laugh at the other person who was still humbling with every hammer stroke in silence. Finally, with a strong and steadfast will, the 2nd man also finished building his house, a house with a deep foundation on hard rock. The two still live in their house every day, until one day a storm hits. The first person's house on the sand was blown away in a moment, leaving no trace, he became a homeless person. On the contrary, the house on the other man's solid stone foundation was still firmly there, unmoved.
We can easily think that how can anyone be so stupid as to build a house on soft sand, but in fact many of us are choosing to build houses on sand. In this parable, the people who build the house are us, the house is the life of each person, the storm is the storms, challenges, and temptations of life. The Lord has said that whoever will listen, believe, and follow My word is building his house on a solid, unshakable foundation no matter what happens. The main stone is the timeless teachings of great enlightened beings such as Jesus or Buddha, which are the truth of humility, love, sincerity, discipline, benevolence, and continuous initiative to cultivate the soul. And those who will listen and direct themselves to live these teachings by action are those who are choosing to build their homes on solid rock. On the contrary, those who do not listen, or who listen but do not choose to live these teachings by action, are choosing to build their house on the sand. The sand in this parable is the accumulation of frivolous material, selfishness, deceit, indulgence, and deceitful tricks to take advantage.
It is often very easy for us today to choose to build a house on sand, as it seems easy and quick. We unwittingly build our lives on the basis of hoarding money and frivolous materialism, on the basis of tricks, tricks and insensitivity. We seek to exploit our weaknesses, then take advantage of the mistakes, losses, and pains of others to build our home on them. And we arrogantly claim to be talented by the achievements. All of the above is sand, it is very easy to drive piles to build a house, but as long as one storm comes, everything will fly away, the other is just a bare soul, empty and hopeless. The true home of man is not on the outside but in the inner soul. We must try to build that house on foundations with timeless solidity. These are teachings about sincerity, honesty, benevolence, steadfastness, and mercy to others, especially to the little ones in life. Building a house on rock is very difficult, requiring perseverance and effort, not as easy and fast as building on sand. Because sincerity, honesty, tolerance and support are always much more difficult than swallowing words, cheating, revenge and beating up. Although it is difficult, just as the body will become solid and strong when we work hard, every hammer we chisel into the rocks of truth and virtue are silent exercises that bring stability and depth to the soul. Over time, a solid and stable house will be erected, but joy and fruit have always been blessed in every stroke of the process. That fruit is inner stability, depth and peace of mind. It is the arduous process of building a house that will purify and transform the builder, this is an eternal and priceless gift. Don't build a house on sand, if building a house on sand brings true happiness and peace to people, God did not say "don't be foolish to build a house on sand".
Nowadays, we have almost lost the sense of sand or stone. Since too many people do the same thing, it is easy to develop a psychology that is obviously right and normal, I must and should do so. This is human suffering in the present. We have lost the ability to recognize sand and rocks. The sand we thought was rock, but the real rock was too strange because we had never seen it before, this was the ultimate suffering. But no matter how illusory it is, sand is still sand that cannot be otherwise. The house on the foundation of illusion will definitely be blown away when the time comes. Just as the Lord said, "out of infinite love for his children, my father will give time, but the harvest will surely come at its own time, which cannot be otherwise." Therefore, we should soon have a sense of sand and stones to take active action to revitalize our home.
