The foundation of a house tells you how big the house can get. You can’t put a big house on a small or faulty foundation. It’ll collapse every time.
The same is true for your life. You can’t become all that God wants you to be on a faulty foundation. Here are some of the faulty foundations you may be tempted to build your life on:
If it doesn’t work to build your life on popular culture, tradition, reason, or your emotions, what should you build your life on?
God’s Word.
Jesus said, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7:24 NIV).
Popular culture changes, traditions grow stale, reason can be faulty, and emotions lie. Yet God’s Word—his truth—never changes.
You may not always understand God’s Word. You may not always like it. It won’t always be politically correct. But it’s the only thing stable enough to build your life upon.
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