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A Sure Foundation
We hear the analogy between quality construction (creating a good building) and quality living (creating a good life) pretty frequently. With this metaphor comes the analogy between the necessity of a sure foundation in a house and in a life. However, what we don't always hear and think about is the house's opinion in all of this. Doesn't the house get in a say what kind of foundation it's built on? Can't it decide to move on to another foundation because it finds it has a better location? This sounds ridiculous, because it is! So, why is it we feel we can freely decide which foundation to build our lives on and everything will turn out ok?What I'm getting at is this: God created our world in a specific way where only one way, only one lifestyle, and the worship of only one God will truly satisfy and keep us. Just as a house does not have a choice of where the foundation is laid and which slab it will rest upon, neither do we have a choice as to what foundation is the only proper one to build a life on. No matter how hard we try to berate God or prove to ourselves and others God's way is superstitious and silly, when the dust settles there is only one solid foundation: "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock (Matthew 7:24)" "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6).'"
I say these things because so many of us are trying to argue away the Bible and Christian doctrine. We try to find loop holes and contradictions for many different reasons. However, God has made it clear through His followers, "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16)." That phrase, "...breathed out by God..." is the part we should all pay close attention to. Because this phrase is scandalous, and it flies in the face of all of our attempts to explain away God's truth as revealed in His Word. This phrase says, "The Bible you hold in your hand, or that is collecting dust on a shelf somewhere, is my divine revelation to you, and to reject it is to reject Me." I hope we will all take hold of the solid foundation that is Christ Jesus as revealed by His Spirit and His Word, and we will find hope and joy as we trust the author of all creation.
