Dig Deep: The Day I Stopped Escaping With Wine and Started Building On The Rock

How a whispered prayer, a broken heart, and the grace of Jesus became the start of something solid.

Dig Deep

“Dig deep.” It’s one of those phrases you hear in the self-help world when you’re trying to heal something tender. But this morning, reading Luke 6 about building on the rock, those words landed differently:

“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

Luke 6:46-49 NLT

When I look back over my life with Jesus, I can see the early groundwork, Vacation Bible School glitter glue, youth camp worship nights. Back then, I was clearing the land.

Then there were long stretches where I drifted, where my faith felt distant. Where I may have told you I loved Jesus if you asked, but I definitely wasn’t following Him. But what I realize now is that even when I was chasing other things —achievement, approval, the next glass of wine —He was still there.

The ground had been cleared, even if I hadn’t yet started to dig.

And then came March 9, 2020.