Strong Foundations

Psalms 11:3 (KJV) If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

(Proverbs 7 also read)

When I was still working with my father in construction, I remember a particular house that we went to that was slowly fading into the ground.  It was built on a foundation of redwood.  When it was built, the thinking was that redwood would last a long time, and the results worked just fine, until… Over a period of time the optimism of redwood foundations faded very quickly.  It was learned that wood does not make a good foundation.

What kind of foundation are the righteous supposed to have?  Unfortunately many of them build their foundation on their sectarian theology.  I’ve been there.  I’m not sure that I am not still there, although I am working on it.  Sectarian theology is great for short periods of time or until the wind blows too hard.  Then it begins to crumble.  And that is when we have a choice to make.  Do we continue shoring up the crumbling redwood or do we invest in allowing the cosmic construction expert to replace it with eternal concrete?

Obviously, I’m talking about what Jesus meant when He condemned the Pharisees for following the traditions of men instead of the law of God.

So?  It’s a daily journey.  We regularly need to keep looking back at the word of God and listening to what the Holy Spirit is telling us.  Many of our foundations are man-made and rotten.  They need to be replaced.