Our Foundation

Well, I only got a few responses to the previous blog. However, in the event that more might visit this blog in the future I'll share what has been on my heart lately.

Sometimes without realizing it, we can start building our spiritual foundations on things other than Christ. It usually never is a conscious thing. As we hear so many Bible studies about how we're to rely solely on Christ and nothing else, we all are quick to vocally and mentally ascent to the foolishness of trusting in other things. Although, without realizing it, we can begin to depend too heavily on things in an unhealthy way.

This can be seen when some lay a foundation on things that are spiritually helpful and good. Even though those things are good, they are only meant to help us build on Christ, not to be the things on which we lay our foundation. There are times when we lay our foundation on fellowship or an influential person in our lives. We come to depend on such things so heavily that our foundation is dangerously laid on something other than Christ. Fellowship and a godly influence are supplied by the Lord in order to help us stand on Christ alone. We must be careful to understand the importance of them and to keep them in their proper place. If not, it can be potentially damaging. There can come temporary seasons in our spiritual journeys when, for whatever reason, there isn't as much fellowship or there isn't a godly mentor. If your foundation is not solely on Christ, how will your house stand when your friends aren't around as much or when you don't have a mentor close by. While these things are extremely helpful to our walks with the Lord, there must be an understanding that Jesus alone is enough. He must be everything. He must be the One thing. He is the only One in whom we should find our life and being. A foundation laid on anything else is faulty. Good things like mentors and friends were never meant to be built upon, only to be those that help us build our own house upon Christ.

"For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 3:11). If your foundation is laid rightly on Christ, you will remain solid in those tough seasons where its just you and Jesus. You will learn what Paul meant when he said, "At my first defense no one stood with me...But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me..." (2 Tim 4:16, 17). Jesus will never let you down; He will never forsake you. He is our only firm, solid, and immovable rock. On rock, foundations are sure; on sand, the house falls.