OH, EVERY MUSCLE IN ME HURTS THIS MORNING AND I AM GETTING READY TO GO WALK TO WORK THE HURT OUT!!! DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, HUH?
GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THE DECK MY HUSBAND IS BUILDING (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SON IN LAW, ROB) IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE FOUNDATION IS BUILT RIGHT, BUILT OUT OF THE RIGHT LUMBER, HAS ENOUGH SUPPORT BEAMS IN IT (BEAMS? NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT, WHATEVER A CARPENTER WOULD SAY!) BUT YOU KNOW, ENOUGH JOICES??? MAYBE. ANYWAY, STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON, NO BOUNCE WHEN YOU GO ACROSS IT, NO FEAR OF IT CAVING IN BY ALL THE WEIGHT ON IT, ETC. YOU GET THE PICTURE.....THROUGH WIND AND RAIN, IT'S GONNA BE THERE...IF YOU BUILT IT RIGHT...
GOD'S WORD TALKS ABOUT FOUNDATION BUILDING ALSO. THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO THE FATHER BUT THRU THE SON. SIMPLY SAID, "JESUS DID IT FOR YOU. MADE THE WAY POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR YOU AND I TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER." WHEN HE WENT TO THE CROSS, HE LAID THE FOUNDATION.. HE SUPPLIED EVERYTHING (THE SHEDDING OF HIS BLOOD, HIS WILLINGNESS TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE) EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TO WALK AND ENJOY A VICTORIOUS LIFE. HE PAVED THE WAY FOR YOU AND ME TO STAND STRONG THRU THE TOUGHEST STORMS, THE HEAVIEST RAINS, THE STRONGEST WINDS. NO SHIFTING OR SINKING WHEN I'M IN HIM.
WHEN YOUR HOUSE (LIFE) IS BUILT ON THE ROCK OF JESUS CHRIST, LEANING ON, TRUSTING IN, THAT FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS, YOU CAN STAND. YOUR GONNA MAKE IT. WHEN HE SAID "IT IS FINISHED" THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT. THE GROUNDWORK WAS LAID. ALL THE WORK HE DID. YOU CAN ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF HIS SOLID FOUNDATION. RELAX IN HIS SECRET PLACE, ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, ENJOY THE BLESSINGS THAT HE GIVES. YOU WON'T BEND AT EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE, YOU WON'T CAVE IN TO THE ARROWS THE ENEMY THROWS AT YOU, YOU WON'T BOUNCE IN AND OUT OF THE PEACE THAT HE GIVES. YOU ARE FIRMLY FIXED AND RESTING IN HIS LOVE KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LIVE VICTORIOUS BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION YOU STAND ON, IS CHRIST JESUS....... HE IS SOLID, HE IS SECURE.
REMEMBER THE LITTLE SONG WE ALL LEARNED GROWING UP?
THE FOOLISH MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND, (REPEAT)
THE FOOLISH MAN BUILD HIS HOUSE UPON THE SAND,
AND THE RAINS CAME TUMBLING DOWN,
THE RAINS CAME DOWN AND THE FLOODS CAME UP (REPEAT)
THE RAINS CAME DOWN AND THE FLOODS CAME UP,
AND THE HOUSE ON THE SAND WENT SPLASH!!!!!
BUT THE WISE MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK (REPEAT)
THE WISE MAN BUILT HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK
AND THE RAINS CAME TUMBLING DOWN.
THE RAINS CAME DOWN AND THE FLOODS CAME UP
THE RAINS CAME DOWN AND THE FLOODS CAME UP,
AND THE HOUSE ON THE ROCK STOOD FIRM.....
NOTICE HOW THE SAME STORMS, THE RAIN AND THE WIND CAME TO BOTH HOUSES? WE ARE NOT EXEMPT AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST FROM THE STORMS OF LIFE, BUT IF OUR FOUNDATION, OUR TESTIMONY, OUR SALVATION IS BASED ON WHAT CHRIST DID AT THE CROSS, THE WIND CAN BLOW, THE RAINS CAN COME, AND WE WILL STAND... SATAN IS GOING TO CHISEL AWAY AT YOUR FOUNDATION, BUT I PROMISE YOU, BETTER YET, JESUS PROMISES YOU, AS YOU LOOK TO HIM, TRUST AND RELY ON HIM, HOLD FAST TO HIS PROMISES, BELIEVE THAT THE CROSS, NOT OUR WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, NOT OUR GIFTS, NOT OUR TALENTS, NOT ANYTHING IN US, BUT ONLY WHAT CHRIST DID, HIS WORK, HIS DEATH, HIS RESURRECTION, THAT HE IS THE SOLID FOUNDATION, THEN THE ROCK ON WHICH YOU BUILD YOUR LIFE, YOUR WALK, YOUR TESTIMONY ON, HE PROMISES "YOU WILL STAND"
HOW IS YOUR HOUSE TODAY? SOLID AND FIRM? HALLELUAH AND THANK YOU JESUS THAT YOU SUPPLY US DAILY WITH YOUR BLESSINGS. WE CAN SIT ON OUR DECK AND REST IN THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE KNOWING YOU LAID THE FOUNDATION. AND YOU BUILT IT WITH LOVE....
ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK, I STAND!! ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND!
BE BLESSED THIS WEEKEND AND ENJOY YOUR FOUNDATION. LOVE AND HUGS, TISHA
