Words of Jesus: Monday, Dec. 29, 2025

Monday, December 29, 2025

May Jesus’ words find a home in our hearts.  

Luke 6:46-49  ““Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Every one 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 upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.””

RSV

Interesting.  The general, natural, response of many to the word “obey” is a silent moan or grimace.  But in these comments, Jesus links obedience to our own welfare.  Who doesn’t want to be like the house that is still standing after the storm, rather than the house that is collapsed? 

Dear Heavenly Father, dear Holy Spirit, please build in us the joy to obey Jesus.  Amen. 

The fruits of the Spirit include love, and joy.  What a blessing!