Building Your Life on the Rock

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A devout Muslim man begins reading the Bible to

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prove it wrong, and everything he believed starts to unravel.

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Nabil Qureshi was raised in a loving Muslim family, trained in

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Islamic apologetics and confident that Christianity

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couldn't stand up to serious investigation. When Christian

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friends challenged him to examine the evidence, he

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accepted, certain the would crumble under scrutiny. But as

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he read, something unexpected happened. The Scriptures didn't

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fall apart. They confronted him. They raised questions he

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couldn't dismiss. For years, he wrestled deeply, studying and

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debating and praying, knowing that if he was wrong, it would

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cost him everything. His family, his community, and even his

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identity. Why would someone risk losing everyone and everything

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they love just to follow where Scripture leads?

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Welcome to Daily Devotions for Busy Lives. I'm Bart Leger.

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God's Word can either be the foundation of your life or just

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another book on the shelf. It's up to you. 2 Timothy 3, 15-17

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says,

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What What do these verses tell us about God's Word? First, it's

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inspired by God. That means it's not just a collection of ancient

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human writings. God breathed it out. The words on the page carry

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divine authority. When you read Scripture, you are not reading

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someone's opinion. You are encountering the living God.

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Second, it's useful. Paul gives us four ways Scripture functions.

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It teaches us what is true. It makes us realize what is wrong.

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It corrects us when we're off course, and it teaches us to do

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what's right. In other words, Scripture isn't passive. It's

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active. It works on you. And third, it prepares and equips.

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God uses His Word to get you ready for the good works He's

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called you to do. You can't live the life God has for you without

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being shaped by the truth God has revealed. We live in a world

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where everything seems to be shifting. Opinions change by the

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hour. Cultural flip overnight. What was celebrated yesterday is

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canceled today. It's disorienting, and if you try to

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build your life on anything other than solid ground, you'll

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eventually feel the foundation But God's Word doesn't shift. It

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doesn't change with the trends. It's the same yesterday, today,

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and forever, because the God who spoke it is the same yesterday,

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today, and forever. That's why Jesus said in Matthew 7 that the

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wise person builds their house on the rock. When the storms

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come, and they will, the house stands because the foundation

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holds. The foolish person builds on sand, and when the storm hits,

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everything collapses. The rock is God's Word, and building your

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life on it means more than just reading it occasionally. It

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means immersing yourself in it, letting it teach you, correct

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you, and shape you, letting it become the lens through which

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you see everything else. Too many of us approach Scripture

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looking for information. We look for facts. We look for verses.

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We look for knowledge. But God wants transformation. He wants

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His Word to change how you think and feel, and how you respond to

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difficulty, and how you treat people, how you make decisions.

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That kind of transformation doesn't happen through casual

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contact. It happens through consistent, prayerful engagement.

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You have to open the book. You have to ask the Spirit to teach

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you. And you have to let the truth confront the lies you

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believed and reshape your heart from the inside out. After years

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of investigation, Nabil surrendered his life to Christ.

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Not because it was easy, but because he became convinced the

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Bible was true. And the cost? It was enormous. It led to strained

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relationships and a painful separation from his family. But

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he described God's Word as the anchor that held him when

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everything else was shifting. In his book, Seeking Allah, Finding

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Jesus, he wrote about how Scripture didn't just give him

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information. It transformed him from the inside out. The world

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will keep shifting and opinions will change. But God's Word is

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the anchor. It's the solid rock we can base our lives upon. It's

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not just meant to be read. It's meant to reshape you. Nabil lost

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nearly everything to follow where Scripture led. But he

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found something far greater. He found the truth that held him.

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And it transformed him, giving him an unshakable foundation for

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the rest of his life. What about you? Is Scripture the foundation

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of your life? Or is it sitting on a shelf gathering dust? Are

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you letting it teach you? Are you letting it correct and

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transform you? Or are you just skimming the surface? Here's

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today's challenge. This week, commit to engaging Scripture

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with transformation in mind, not just information. Each time you

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open the Bible, what I want you to do is first pray something

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like, Lord, teach me what is true. Show me what's wrong in my

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life and correct me where I need it. And equip me for what you've

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called me to do. And then, read slowly. Let the words sink in.

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Ask the Spirit to apply them to your life, your relationships

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and decisions, the things you struggle with. Don't just check

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a box. Let God's Word work on you. Lord, thank you for giving

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us your Word. It's inspired and we can trust it. And it's living

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and powerful. Forgive us for the times we've treated it casually

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or left it unopened. Help us to build our lives on the solid

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rock of Scripture. Teach us what is true and show us what's wrong.

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Correct us and equip us for every good work. Let your Word

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transform us from the inside out. In Jesus' name, amen. If you're

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walking through a season where you need to get grounded in

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God's Word and you'd like prayer, I'd love to lift you up. Leave

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me a voicemail at dailydevotionsforbusylives.com

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slash voicemail and I'll pray for you by name. Thanks for

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joining me on Daily Devotions for Busy Lives. Remember, the

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world keeps shifting, but God's Word is an anchor. Build your

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life on the rock and you'll stand when the storms come. Come

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back next time for more encouragement to help you live

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grounded in God's truth. Until then, God bless and have a great

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day.