Matthew 16
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 HE saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The "rock" is that word revealed to us by God pertaining to the issues of this present life.
We safely build on that word God has brought to our minds for the gates of hell shall not prevail against that word.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 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.
Joshua 1
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD (The Word) thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Jesus says:
Matthew 7
Matthew 7
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 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.
26 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:
27 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.
27 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.
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The "rock" which we build upon is the Word from God which is given to us by the Holy Spirit of God, for that Word pertains to that with which we are dealing with on this present earth at this exact moment in time.
The Word brought from God to help us and to instruct us can be a scripture, or it can be a concept, or it can come in a dream or by other means.
We keep "that Word" before us day and night for a season as needed to give us the power to go in the way of that Word brought to us by God.
This is what God taught Joshua and the process applies to each of us today though our assignments differ.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD (The Word) thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Did God tell you to do what you are doing?
If so, that is all that matters.
As we think on that Word brought to us by God we have the power in us to do that word.
Meditate day and night on that word.
I like to begin each morning with the words given me by God. And each night before going to sleep, I look again at those words from God, examining myself by those words.
The Word given me by God strengthens me in the way to go as I live on this present earth.
We build our house on the Word of God as we meditate on that Word and do the instructions of that Word.
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