Object Lesson on Trials

"When the rain came down and the floods came up the house on the rock stood still." We are told to build our house on the rock. I believe most of us have been working to build our houses on the rock. But when trials and tribulations come upon us sometimes we think why is this happening to us when I have worked so hard to build my house upon the rock? What we need to realize is that our house might be built on the rock, but the rain is still going to fall and the floods will still come up. Hard times will still come our way even when we are built upon a firm foundation. But it is that firm foundation that will keep us where we need to be.