Seeking Something Solid

“But flee from these things, you man of God; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Tim. 6:11-12

On April 23, 1921, Andre Corey, a self-proclaimed “human fly,” was attempting to climb the outside wall of the New Howard Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. He had staged the stunt as a fundraiser for an orphanage.

Corey climbed easily up to the sixth floor, but, as thousands of spectators watched, he reached for was looked like a gray piece of stone near a cornice. He gambled all his weight and safety on it as he stretched upward, but suddenly he plummeted to his death on the concrete below. When they opened his hand, they found, ironically a spider’s web. He had gambled his life on a something hollow and unstable masquerading as something solid.

Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.” Matt. 6:19-20

Life is serious business. Do not gamble your soul on earthly things that are hollow, unstable, and transitory. Secure your soul by pursuing spiritual treasure found in God’s Word. Sin weaves a web of deceit that makes us think we have something solid to grab onto as we navigate the climb of life, but its web will not support you. You need something more substantial; the firm foundation of Jesus’ teaching. “...take hold of the eternal life...”