Verse 24, “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
As a believer who wants to be successful in this life, meaning to be successful in your Christian life, a life of holiness and righteous life as prescribe by the Lord Jesus Christ. To also be successful in every area of the believer life been marriage, work and been able to deal with the situations in this life. This is only possible through the Lord Jesus Christ and not through the strengthen of the believer. This means it takes only dependent on the Lord Jesus Christ for the believer to be successful. Successful to be able to deal with the difficulties of life and in the Christian life, which has the tendency to turn the believer from Christ, discourage the believer and even defeat the believer in life causing the believer not to be able to achieve anything in this life.
The believer has to realize that The Lord has given the believer the means to help the believer to be successful in this life. And success means to be able to live the life of holiness and righteousness God has determined in Christ and to do what God has called the believer to do, meaning fulfilling their ministry of been part of building the church and winning souls to the kingdom. And also additional been productive and successful in any area of the believer life been marriage, finance, relationship, achieving aspirational goals etc.
Christ calls the believer this is possible, and it is possible through what God has said in the verses above. And this is anyone who hears the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, should learn to just not hear or learn but rather must most importantly put it to practice. And when the believer becomes a practicing believer of the word. Such an individual will be building his or her life on the rock Jesus Christ. And this lifestyle of living according to the expectation of Christ or making Jesus Christ your lifestyle. This is the key to success and victory for the believer in this life. And such a lifestyle guarantees success and eliminates any form of failure. And this lifestyle Christ terms building a life on the rock and because is a life on the rock it is virtually impossible for any thing to destroy such a life.
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