Fw: foundation

The visible part of every building depends on the, generally invisible, foundation.  We've lived in houses with a range of foundations, from slab to crawl space to basement.  The most interesting foundation was in an old house near the beach that was built on rough-cut sections of a cedar tree.  As I was walking yesterday and thinking about the reality of the Lord, it occurred to me that every life has a foundation of one kind or another.  There is an invisible, inner base established in each heart.  And everyone walks through their life relying on that foundation to hold them up and, especially, to carry them through life's storms.  On the outside we may try to maintain a good face, while there are great stresses and strains being felt down to our foundations.

I think this is why a person needs the Lord as foundation.  Underneath it all, what is carrying you...what is supporting you...what is in place to hold you fast through the hurricanes and earthquakes of life?

The foundation of a life, like the foundation of a house, may be invisible.  But a good house foundation is firmly established in the soil, with strong materials like concrete and steel.  What are the materials of your personal life foundation?  Into what soil are they planted?  Will your foundation carry you through all of life's challenges and, most importantly, do you have a foundation designed to last into life past this life?

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2 Chronicles 8:16 Thus was accomplished all the work of Solomon from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.

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Psalm 102:25 

Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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Luke 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

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blessings,

Rob Smith

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"Death is inevitable.  Life is a choice!"

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."