We often meet people who are failures, but rarely if ever do we meet someone who set out to fail. There are many things in life, which we cannot control. We did not get to choose the circumstances of our birth. We had no say in where, when or to whom we were born. There are things that happen to us that we cannot control. Storms (physical or spiritual) come at their own pace and on their own schedule. Our text is from the Sermon on the Mount. It is a message that is full of principles of living on which we can build our life. The life built upon these principles is a life of success. Although we may not have gotten to choose how things have gone up to now, by living by the principles in the Sermon on the Mount, we can determine the rest of our life from now to eternity. He says that if we take his message to heart and make it part of our life, we get to choose how the story ends. Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with the story of two builders. Both builders set out to build a house. Both had building skills, desire, and the ability to get the job done. Both had to face the same challenges building their homes. One made a choice that ensured that his house would be strong and last for a long time. The other also made a choice, but his choice produced results that did not end well. Both men made choices, but only one looked down the road and chose to take the path that would yield the best possible results. Bro. Hughes asks us to look down the road of our life and ask the question: “Will I like how the story will end if I continue on this path?” Like the two homebuilders, we all have a choice to make. We must decide how the story ends.