Faulty foundations....

Ephesians 2:20    "...having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets..."

Looks can be deceiving.  The house we purchased in 1979  was a "fixer-upper", but after a couple of year's hard work, it looked quite presentable.  Little did we know that it was structurally unsound.  When it was constructed in 1965, the builders cut corners with the foundation and slab.  The dairy soil was not properly prepared and compacted, and the concrete was inferior and not poured to the correct thickness.  To top it off, many of the interior bearing walls had no foundation at all.

More than 100 homes in our tract were "rebuilt" in 1986.  The "shell" of each house was left intact, but the slabs were jack-hammered out, soil replaced and compacted, new slabs poured, and the interiors remodeled.   What a process!  We were in temporary housing for 11 months.

Many churches and many Christians are like my house.  They look good from the outside, but are really unstable, built on inferior foundations.  They attract crowds, do good works, claim to be God's house, but their foundations consist of false teaching, an amalgamation of God's Word and man's "wisdom".  Their words and teaching may sound familiar, but as you dig deeper a faulty foundation is revealed.

God is the architect and engineer of His church, and Paul reveals the plans.  He tells us that the foundation for God's house is His Truth  ("the apostles and prophets").  Anything more or less produces an unsound structure that will not survive the scrutiny of Christ's judgement.

Thank You, Lord, for revealing Your "building plans" so clearly.  Thank You for leading me to a church with a solid foundation.  Please help me to continue building my life on Your Word.  Anchor me securely to Your foundation.  Amen.