It never rains here.
That’s what we were told. Houses were built to accommodate that statement.
We got here Sunday. It rained Tuesday. It rained and rained and rained. Water slowly leaked in the roof…and then poured through. Beds soaked.
Now the ceiling could collapse if it rains anymore…awesome.
I’m glad it never rains here…
This got me thinking. About that man that built his house upon the sand. It doesn’t tell you much about the surroundings of this man. Maybe he lived somewhere where it never rained.
Maybe he too lived in Peru 
That got me thinking. Have I built my house dependent on my surroundings?
The Lord instructs us how to build our lives. He guides us into what is good and what will enable us to stand.
But have I picked and chosen what fits my surroundings as opposed to what fits His Word?
“But I don’t need to do that…I don’t need to do it that way…it’s not that big of a deal…that’s not for me-in this house, in this city, in this country…it doesn’t rain here…”
But what about when it does?
Some people say that they need to understand something before they do it. But the Lord doesn’t ever say that.
He promises to give us understanding when we ask for it, but never says that it precedes obedience.
I remember when I was home, and in the midst of raising funds for this Race. It was Sunday, and I had $60.00 in my purse that was accumulated tithe. I thought, “I should keep this because I need it for my trip…” but the Lord said, “I will provide…trust Me.”
Before I even left the doors of the church, $600.00 was given to me for the Race.
Right now, I’m learning what it means to give everything that I have. For each person I feel like this looks different…because we value different things. For me, at this moment, surrounded by 59 people that ask to borrow/use things all the time, it’s remembering that what I ‘have,’ isn’t really mine. It’s His…from Him…to use for Him.
My flesh combats it, and says, “But I bought that…it’s mine…I’ll run out..”
But AS I surrender, AS I practice…I see His provision. I see that there is always more. I see that it is better to give. Nothing is worth holding onto when it means you forfeit being a vessel for the Lord to provide through.
Sometimes obedience brings understanding. Sometimes it’s the obedience alone that enables us to stand…and makes us ready for the rain.
