How Important Is the Foundation?

The ground slopes down on the south side of our house. A stone wall had initially been put up when we arrived, but after about 10 years, the rocks were beginning to fall down. A new person was contacted, and another wall was built out of bigger stones. The wall is still standing, but I noticed that it is pushing into the house, and the siding is starting to get crumpled. When I asked a landscaper to look at it, his take was that the foundation under those rocks needed to be strengthened. The stone wall still looks good, but it has shifted somewhat. Basically, the wall will probably have to be dismantled and then a foundation must be put in before the wall is rebuilt. That’s a lot of work but replacing the wall every 10 years or having structural damage on the house will be worse in the long run. The foundation is the basics. In education, the basics have always been reading and writing and arithmetic. It has served well for years and centuries. Today, there are often other things pushed in the school and the end result is that we have many students that are not proficient in reading when they graduate. Without the basics, it is hard to build from there. I’m sure there are basics that every business has to build on. The same is true with our faith. The basic foundation is so fundamental to that faith. The foundation of our faith is found in the Bible. Like building that stone wall, if the foundation isn’t solid, everything we try to build from there will likely not withstand the storms of life. If we think the word of God is all we need, that is like the foundation without the wall on top, lacking purpose. What we build on that foundation needs to be quality material. This means that faith in Christ is what holds is together. God talks about the church as living stones, you and me. Also, part of the wall is confession and forgiveness, praise and worship, sharing the Gospel, the working of the Holy Spirit, and a living hope in God and what He has promised to all who believe. There are plenty of people that think they know what God is thinking, but unless we know His word, we probably really don’t know Him. Father, build Your church, one believer at a time, until we become that magnificent cathedral that points to the Heavens. Bind us together in love. Amen