Who is Jesus? #166

The Foundation Doesn't Move

(More Thoughts from I Corinthians 3:11)

There is a lot of home building going on in our community. It is not unusual to see homes in several different stages of completion; from the preparation of the ground to the final coat of paint.

Once the foundation is completed it then is time to raise the walls and begin to build the roof. As the walls are completed and raised, they are attached with strong anchors or bolts to the foundation. This step secures the house to the foundation and pretty much insures, except maybe in extreme cases, that the house will not leave its foundation.

It’s one thing to establish the foundation. It is another thing to merely set the walls and structure on the foundation. It is still quite another thing to secure the structure to the foundation.

There’s got to be a lesson here. It is one thing to read about Jesus. It is another thing to acknowledge Jesus as the greatest of teachers. It is still quite another thing to anchor one’s life on what He said and to let Him be the example and guide for our lives.

Colossians 1:22-23

22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you   holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation — 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

The strong winds of hurricanes and tornadoes have torn houses off of their foundations even if anchored.

However the storms of life do not have to tear us from our foundation, Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:38-39

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Have we lost our anchor? I know the foundation didn’t move. Wonder if we have?