In building a house, much time and money is spent on layout, décor, landscape, colour, etc….all the visible factors. The foundation of the house is something not visible, but it’s importance cannot be undermined.
There are many types of foundations as there are buildings. But any building without a proper foundation will not stand the test of time. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus gives a parable of two different foundations:
Luk 6:47 Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:
Luk 6:48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
Luk 6:49 But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
So what kind of a foundation are we built on?
For those of us who attend Church regularly and have the opportunity to “hear” the word, what we do after we hear will give us an indication of the kind of foundation we are built on.
The hearers and doers (v 47 – v 48) are those with solid foundations that will stand the test of time. But if we choose to hear only as part of a “Sunday obligation”, the elements out there can easily make us crumble…as a building with a weak foundation that can get washed away by a flood or earthquake.
The choice is ours….are we going to spend time worrying about the external factors – e.g do our handbags, shoes & ear-rings match, or will be spend time getting rooted in the Word?
1Co 3:11 For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.