BBD 01.21.14 A Telephone Pole in the Kitchen (Classic)
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Classic from 2005
01.21.14
A Telephone Pole in
the Kitchen
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken
him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the
floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall,
for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine,
and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the
sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on
that house; and it fell. And great was its fall. - Matthew 7:24-27.
Piotr Kardys had a problem when he built his house...a
telephone pole where he wanted his kitchen. No problem to Piotr, he just built
his house around the telephone pole. However, now he wants the pole removed
which he says was placed on his property without permission in 2001. It now
appears that the telephone company (TPSA) will have to somehow remove the pole.
A Spokeswoman for the company said the company would appeal a court
ruling ordering the pole removed saying, "We have to have a binding decision -- we could do it on our own, but
you have to realize this is a big investment."
You have to wonder about someone that would intentionally
build their house around a telephone pole! You have to wonder even more about
the structural damage that may be caused if the pole is actually removed from
Piotr’s kitchen.
We can laugh about someone building a house with a
telephone pole in the kitchen. We can even laugh about someone building a house
on sand. However, when we begin to compare the living of our lives to the
building of a house it may not be quite as hilarious.
Jesus says that we will build the house of our life on a
solid foundation if we live as He says to live in the Sermon on the Mount.
Jesus touches upon a broad range of subjects beginning with the Beatitudes and
continuing with His teachings on the Ten Commandments, anger, adultery,
divorce, oaths, enemies, giving, prayer, fasting, proper perspective on material
things, judging others, the golden rule, the strait gate, false prophets, and
much more. The Two Foundations of rock and sand summarize all of the teaching.
If you want to build a house (life) with a telephone in
the kitchen that may someday have to be removed destroying the house (life),
than ignore the Sermon on the Mount at your peril. If, however, you want to
build a life that will withstand the worst the world can throw at you than you
should seek to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus.
So what do you do if you’ve built a life with a telephone
pole in the kitchen? Begin now to follow the Lord Jesus and you will find that
the telephone pole will begin to shrink.
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