Isaiah 26:1-6 / Matthew 7:21, 24-27
In life, there are two things that we are often concerned about.
And they are stability and security.
It is almost like one and the same thing, yet one is the result of the other, as well as one reinforces the other.
So, like what Jesus said in the gospel parable, we want to have a house to live in and be comfortable and secure.
But no matter how big or how nice the house is, we can only feel secure when the foundations are stable.
No matter what size is the house, it will only make sense to build it on the stable and secure foundation of a solid rock.
The gospel as well as the 1st reading leads us to reflect and ponder about our sense of security and stability.
In the 1st reading, the song that is sung in the land of Judah goes like this: We have a strong city; to guard us, he has set wall and rampart.
Whether it is city or house or our lives, the security and stability have to be built on God who is our Rock.
To build our security and stability on anything else will be futile.