Building On The Right Foundation

As a young teenager of sixteen, my first real job was that of a laborer for a construction company.  One of the main tasks we did was to dig foundations for buildings.  Today machines have taken the place of this kind of manual work. It was hard work and it made a real impression on me.  I realized then and there that I was going to pursue a quest to secure a good job with an appropriate income.

The most important lesson I learned was a lot about the importance and the critical nature of a foundation.  I discovered that the best possible foundation is one that is laid on top of solid rock.  This is always the ideal.  The classic example is the construction on Manhatten Island where the entire island is solid granite rock.

Poor foundations may not be seen but in time the problems they create will surface.  As a person builds their life they too need to build it on the right foundation.  There is only one truly right foundation in this life and that is the solid rock of Jesus Christ.  As the Bible makes clear - all other foundations are like sand - they will fail in the end.  

We all will experience problems and crises in this life and only those whose life is built on Christ will be able to weather these storms.  Above all else, seek Christ and His kingdom first and all the other things will fall into place.

"Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock."  (Matthew 7:24, 25) NKJV