Today in 37 Days of Christmas, I’m sharing “On Solid Rock”—built from Belhaven’s Verse of the Year (2022):
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.” (Matthew 7:24)
Jesus says wisdom isn’t just hearing His teaching—it’s following it. That’s the difference between a life that looks sturdy in sunshine and a life that still stands when the rains come and the floods rise.
I love how this song makes it plain: We heard the Word—we made our plan. Not silt. Not sand. Not wishful thinking. Bedrock. And if you’ve lived in Mississippi long enough, you know the truth in that line: we built on Rock, not Yazoo clay.
Storms will test what we’ve built—but they don’t have to erase it. Obedience isn’t glamorous, but it’s how you stay standing.
– Doug
PS – this arrangement and recording is a great example of why I love working with Trailand…he took this song to a better place. A more solid place, if you will.
On Solid Rock | Lyrics
Anyone who listens to my teaching
And follows it is wise,
Anyone who listens to my teaching
And follows it is wise,
Like a person who builds a house
On solid rock,
Like a person who builds a house
On solid rock,
On solid rock.
We heard the Word, we made our plan.
Use firm bedrock, not silt or sand.
The rains will come and the floods will rise.
Storms will leave, we’ll realize
The house still stands, it didn’t cave in.
We didn’t give up and we didn’t give in.
We built on rock, not Yazoo clay.
Didn’t fall down, we’re here to stay
On solid rock,
On solid rock.
37 Days of Christmas 