# 2196 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders.md Podcast: [BIG Life Devotional | Daily Devotional for Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023) Published: 2026-09-09T12:59:24+00:00 Episode link: https://biglifehq.com/2026/09/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/content.blubrry.com/big_life_devotional/2196BLDevo-Parable_of_the_Wise_and_Foolish_Builders.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders Duration seconds: 1175 ## Resource Matthew 7: 24-27, “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is build on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” Jesus tells a simple story, but its message is anything but simple. Two people build two houses. One builds on rock. The other builds on sand. Both houses look fine when the sun is shining. Both appear strong. But everything changes when the storm comes. The rain pours. The floodwaters rise. The winds beat against both houses. And suddenly, the difference between the two builders becomes obvious. On the coast of Southern California are gorgeous homes built along the cliff of the Pacific Ocean. Their views are priceless – but the homes are now worthless. Why? Because they’re literally falling into the ocean. The sandy cliffs are crumbling with each storm that comes through. They’re for sale but no one will buy them. Why is that? Because they’re now a huge liability and inevitably doomed. One home fell into the ocean and the owners were fined $100,000 per day until the mess was cleaned up. You know what this tells us – building your home on the wrong foundation is entirely too costly! We can’t afford that, my friends! One of my favorite retreat houses was a mansion in Cape Cod. It was absolutely stunning, sitting on a peninsula all by itself with views for miles of water from every window in the house. We were the last people to get… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/episodes/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-life-devotional-daily-devotional-for-women-10023/2196-parable-of-the-wise-and-foolish-builders.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.