Your Spiritual House

We are all famil­iar with the para­ble of Jesus:

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Every­one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man build­ing a house, who dug deep and laid the foun­da­tion on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground with­out a foun­da­tion. When the stream broke against it, imme­di­ately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.” Luke 6:46–49

I have usu­ally applied this to an illus­tra­tion of a Christian/Non-Christian. It hap­pened upon me that this also refers to True Christian/Mental Chris­t­ian. Acknowl­edg­ing that Jesus is “Lord”, the Christ, the Son of God… that he lived, was cru­ci­fied, risen again, etc… all the nor­mal ortho­doxy… This men­tal “yes’n” does not amount to true belief. True belief, true sur­ren­der to his *LORDSHIP*, pro­duces obe­di­ence. Obe­di­ence pro­duces a strong foun­da­tion which allows peace dur­ing the harsh­est storms and tur­bu­lent seas. Men­tal acknowl­edg­ment only leaves the per­son puz­zled, ask­ing, “Where is that peace I’m sup­posed to expe­ri­ence”? His spir­i­tual house falls down.