“For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in
Zion a chosen, honored, precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him
who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him shall never be disappointed or put
to shame” (1 Peter 2:6 AMP).
This past month, a few individuals from Eugene Christian
Church decided to do a little renovating in our church’s nursery. If you have
ever done any renovating or remodeling then you probably know that things are
virtually never as easy as you’d like, especially with older buildings. That
was definitely the case here.
We decided to repaint our nursery and redo the beautiful
hardwood floors that had been covered by carpet for several years.
Unfortunately, there had been a roof leak in the one corner. But we thought,
ah, no big deal we’ll just replace a few pieces of wood flooring and be done
with it. Boy were we ever wrong!
When the flooring was taken up, beyond the water damage, an
old termite problem was discovered. Even though the termites have long since
vacated the building, their damage was done. Before long, we discovered that
both the outer floor joist support (aka bond joist) and a support beam in the
basement had been seriously comprised by termite and water damage. We praise
the Lord that we were able to catch the damage before anything further took
place. Furthermore, we are thankful that the foundation is still solid.
This brings up an interesting question: how is the foundation
of your life? A lot of people in our society tend to build their foundation
upon their careers or finances, only to end up having their jobs outsourced or
eliminated, or to lose their finances do to some unforeseen circumstance.
Likewise, a lot of people tend to build their foundation on family or friends,
only to have relational let downs. We could talk about several other things that
people tend to build the foundation of their lives upon, only to end being
disappointed.
However, for us as faithful followers of Jesus Christ, the
foundation of our lives will never be washed away. We have chosen to build our
lives upon the Rock, Jesus Christ (Matt. 7:24). So then when the storms of life
come, we will be able to still stand our ground (Matt. 7:25).
If you would like to learn how you can have a life that
remains strong regardless of what is happening in your life, I encourage you to
join us on Sunday mornings 9:30-11:30 as we learn to build our lives upon the
firm foundation of Jesus Christ (Eph. 2:19-22). God bless!
In His service,
Matt
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