Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.”
Isaiah 28:16 [NIV]
The foundation is the key to a building’s stability. If the foundation is sufficiently big and laid true, the house built on it will be less susceptible to ground movements as it bears the weight of the building. If the foundation is lacking, the building will be weak.
We build our lives on all sorts of foundations. As Christians we sometimes become very passionate about “our church”, it becomes the source of our friendships, social life, purpose and passion. But then the church will disappoint us, because it consists of fallible people who don’t always get it right, because they are like us! Someone once quipped, if you find a perfect church, don’t join it or it will cease to be perfect.
This even happened in the early church; Paul says:
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
1 Corinthians 3: 4,5 [NIV].
A few verses later, Paul pointed out, “For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11 [NIV]
So let’s not build our foundation on anything other than Jesus Christ, then we have a foundation, firmly placed, and he who believes in it will not be disturbed. Let's look at our own lives and place them on the foundation and see where we might be misaligned and in need of correction. Let’s bring all our ministries and all our building and lay them on the blueprint of our foundation, Jesus Christ and see if the lines match up.
Father – Forgive our self-interests and criticisms. Teach us to look to Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith.
Guy Mowbray
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