03/10/2025
πππΌππππΏπ ππ πππΌππππππ
NO FOUNDATION WITHOUT THE WORD
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Dsc. Dsc. DD.
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock (Luke 6:47-48).
Some Christians ignore the Word when theyβre experiencing challenging situations. For example, if they have a difficulty and you try to get their minds or point their attention to the Word, theyβd say, βI know thatβs what the Word says, butβ¦.β Theyβre indirectly telling you to set the Word aside; they want another solution.
By doing this, they're rejecting and resisting help from God. The Holy Spirit wonβt do anything without the Word. Everything that happens without the Word of God has no foundation; it'll fail. Remember what the Lord Jesus said in our opening scripture above. He gave a parable about the man who built his house on sand and the one who built his house on the rock. When the crisis of life came, the house built on sand fell, but the one built on the rock remained unshakable.
Then He explained that the one who built his house on the rock is the one who built on the Word, who made the Word His foundation. When you build your life on the Word, it blossoms; youβre impregnable to the crises of life. Youβre always victorious and in dominion, come what may. But without the Word, whatever you have is empty.
Even in ministry, donβt build your ministry on some gifts or manifestations of the Spirit; build on the Word. Let the Word be the focus, the stay, and the anchor. Preach the Word. Believe the Word. Teach the Word and live the Word. Let your life and your message be founded on Truth, the Word is truth (John 17:17).
Moreover, when we say build on the Word, weβre not just referring to an isolated verse of scripture but to the βlogosβ (Greek) of God, the whole body of truth, the revelation of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures through the Gospel. Weβre referring to that which is consistent with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who He is and what He came to do, His mission. Make that the foundation of your life.
CONFESSION
Dear Father, I live in and by your Word. Therefore, Iβm unshakable, steadfast, and always victorious because my life is established on your truth; itβs my foundation and anchor and has pre-eminence in all I do, in Jesusβ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
|| Colossians 2:6-7 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. ||
|| Matthew 7:24-25 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: 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. ||
|| Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. ||
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Philippians 2:19-3:1-11 & Isaiah 38-39
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 3:22-36 & 1 Kings 9
We trust you have been blessed by this devotional. We invite you to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life by praying thus:
βO Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe Heβs alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; Iβm born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! Iβm now a child of God. Hallelujah!β
Let us know that you made that declaration by sending a mail to [email protected]