No one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11
Your Foundation
The foundation for a building is crucial to the strength, stability and longevity of the entire building.
What is your foundation? On what do you build your life? Here are a few popular "foundations":
• What I do. Accomplishments like career goals, success, or life experiences such as recreation, athletics or vacation—these function as the foundation of our lives.
• Whom I know. Relationships build the foundation of our lives. Family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers are essential to our sense of well-being.
• How I feel. We seek security, happiness, hope and fulfillment. More than just desiring them, we build our lives on finding or maintaining them.
When these things are going well, life is good. All these things are tremendous, good blessings from our God. But what happens when we take a good, God-given thing and make it our foundation, our all? What are we doing to our hearts and lives when we make our foundation something God created rather than the God who created them and us?
Paul wrote to first century Christians in the city of Corinth. He told them, and us, that the one and only foundation is Jesus Christ. Jesus is your God. Jesus is your Savior who lived a perfect life, died in your place and rose on the third day. Jesus rules all things and will give you heaven as your eternal home. Jesus gives you forgiveness, peace with God, new life now and eternal life. Trust fully in Jesus. God builds your faith and your life on him. God makes Jesus your foundation.
When our foundation is things like career, family or happiness, those things eventually crumble, and then so do we. When Jesus is our foundation, we have the solid base that will not crumble and on which to build our entire lives. In Jesus, we have secure footing even when our life is shaken. We have a solid foundation on which to build our lives.
Jesus is our God, our Savior and our sure Foundation. Trust in him. Build on him.
Prayer:
Jesus, forgive me for the times I've placed my hope and trust in things that are not you. Give me a solid and growing faith in you that builds my hope and joy and life on you alone. Amen.
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