06/12/2025
*When the Storm Finds Us All*
Life has a way of reminding us that no one is exempt from its trials. Jesus painted this picture in Matthew 7:24-27 with two builders. One built on rock, the other on sand. Both houses stood tall under the sun. Both looked secure in calm weather. But when the storm came, the difference was revealed. The same rain fell. The same wind blew. The same flood rose. The same experience happened to them all.
That is the sobering truth. Storms do not ask for permission. They do not check your calendar. They do not respect your feelings. They come to the wise and to the fool alike. They come to the rich and to the poor. They come to the strong and to the weak. They come to the believer and to the skeptic. Storm is inevitable.
What separates survival from collapse is not the storm but the foundation. The aftermath of your experience is shaped by the choices you make before the storm arrives. The wise man prepared. He listened. He obeyed. He built on the rock. The fool ignored. He delayed. He built on the sand. Both faced the same storm, but only one stood when it was over.
This is the human reality: you cannot control what will happen to you, but you can control how you prepare for it. You cannot decide whether the storm will come, but you can decide whether you will stand when it does. You cannot silence the thunder, but you can anchor your soul. You cannot stop the flood, but you can choose the rock.
So the question is not whether storms will come. The question is whether you will be ready. The same experience happens to them all, but not the same outcome. The storm will reveal what you have built. It will expose what you trusted. It will declare whether you were wise or foolish.
Now is the time to decide. Now is the time to build. Now is the time to anchor your life in God. Because when the storm finds us all, only those who have built on the rock will remain standing.
Your brother
ISHOLA, Sunday Ayodele
