Isaiah 26:1-6 / Matthew 7:21, 24-27
The word "security" is used in so many aspects of life and we hear it so often such that it does not alarm us anymore.
So we hear of national security, internet security, banking security, password security and so many other types of security.
We are usually quite casual about all these types of security, until it is breached, and then we will be jerked into action to tighten up the security.
One of the ways to describe a high level of security is to say that it is as "solid as a rock".
Certainly we would like to have the various aspects of security in our lives to be as solid as a rock.
Yet we can also be careless and complacent about regular checks and backups and changing passwords and other security enhancing procedures.
So as much as we would like our security to be as solid as a rock, yet we can be careless and complacent and and render our security as slippery as sand.
In the gospel, Jesus tells us to be sensible and to build our lives and put our trust and security in God who is as solid as a rock.
The 1st reading also tells us to trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord is the everlasting Rock.
Building a house on solid rock will take some hard work, but it is certainly worth the security it offers.