“But the solid foundation that God has laid cannot be shaken; and on it are written these words: ‘The Lord knows those who are his’ and ‘All who say that they belong to the Lord must turn away from wrongdoing’.” 2TIM. 2:19
There is a foundation which God has laid. This foundation cannot be shaken. It will not be shielded from hard-blowing storms. It will not be shielded from storms of lack, betrayal, depression, loneliness, crises, sickness, persecution etc. But it will not be shaken. That’s the foundation we should build our lives upon. The Bible reports that “In the beginning, the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him. The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to humanity” (JOHN 1:1, 3&4). In the beginning, God laid this foundation. On this foundation, God built all things, and not one thing in all creation could have been made without him. That foundation is Jesus Christ. There is a song that says “I’m standing on a rock that never fails. Jesus is the rock that never fails.” If we want to withstand the storms that blow hard against us in our marriages, academics, jobs etc, we must build our lives on the rock that never fails.
It is wisdom to build our houses on the rock. The Bible calls the man who built his house on sand foolish. He ought to have known that sand cannot withstand such storms. He should have laid a better foundation. When the house fell, it was a huge, terrible fall. That is what happens to us when we build our lives on non-durable materials like sand, beauty, talents, power and wealth. Time was when we were everyone’s favorite. We were so beautiful that magazines scrambled for the privilege of placing our pictures on their front pages. Time was when we could declare a thing and it would be done. Now those times have passed. Others have taken our places. What shall become of us? These are foundations that cannot withstand the storm of time. All these things will pass away, but the foundation laid by God will remain.
The strongest storm we would face is the coming judgment. The Bible tells us that it is appointed unto a man to die once and after that, there is judgment. The only escape from this judgment is through Jesus Christ. “Jesus answered him, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me’” (JOHN 14:6). How do we pass through this way? It’s by believing in Christ Jesus. “‘What God wants you to do is to believe in the one he sent’” (JOHN6:29). “Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God’s only son” (JOHN 3:18). If we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we would receive power to become sons of God. This contract roots our lives onto the foundation that never gives in. Paul reports in his second letter to the Corinthians, “We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed” (2COR. 4:8-9). What he says here is simple. Because we are built on the foundation of God which is Christ Jesus, even though we face the storms of life, we are not overcome. Instead, we are able to triumph.
Friends, I urge you to re-evaluate your lives and consider your foundation. Just like the house built on sand, it wouldn’t profit you anything if you are roofed in wealth, painted with power and ventilated with fame but you don’t have a durable foundation. When you fall, it would be a terrible, irredeemable fall into hell fire. Rededicate yourselves to Jesus if you have wandered off the way. Surrender to him today; talk to him if you are not yet built on him. When you do, find around you a Church of God and talk to its leader about yourself, and he would teach you what to do. God bless you.
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