Building Foundations

Philippians 2:12-13

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Good afternoon Zebras,

A friend recently told me the medical community has come up with a new theory about broken hips. They used to think people fell and broke their hips, now they are thinking maybe the hip breaks causing people to fall.

That makes sense to me. I never could understand why some people could take horrible falls and break nothing and other people would break their hips just bending over to pick up their paper. But it makes sense if it is the hip that gives way first. If the foundation gives way a person is going to fall.

The same is true in the Christian walk.

Have you ever noticed how some people seem to be able to weather horrible trials, fixing their eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of their faith while others, in similar situations crumble?
I think it has to do with their foundation.


Jesus said in Luke 6:47-49
Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. "But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."

No one else can build our foundation for us, nor can we stand upon someone else’s. We each must build our own, by accepting Jesus' finished work on the cross, studying God's Word, obeying what He reveals and spending time in His presence in prayer.

Love,
Jill