Building Upon the Rock

This afternoon I spoke in church. I spent several hours this week preparing my remarks on Helaman 5:12, which reads:

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

Borrowing from this scriptural theme (see also Matt 7:24-27), I spoke about building upon the rock, who is Christ.

Whether we know it or not, each one of us is a builder. The decisions we make and the actions that we take determine where and what we build. If we want our efforts to have lasting meaning and impact, we must build on Christ, for He is the only sure foundation. Building thereon will provide safety during the storms that inevitably lie ahead.