(Luke 6 v 46 – 49, Luke 7)
Following on from the familiar analogy
Of building either on rock or sand
Jesus then encounters 3 people
All with one thing in common
A big storm had hit their life
A centurion, a widow and a “sinful woman”
How had they built, how will they now build?
The first two had lost people, the third had nothing left to lose except a jar of perfume.
Their approach was different, the first acting in faith
The second reacting to Jesus’ presence
The third understanding something about complete helplessness.
In each one, though, when the moment came there was a complete reliance upon the words of this man
The Storm did not determine the outcome.
Approaching Jesus in a storm, letting Jesus have his way in a storm, or falling at his feet in a storm
That determined the outcome.
When the moment came, they built on the rock
And all came through.
It is moment by moment, in each situation.