Several years ago God began teaching me about the importance of the foundation my life is built on. He used the visual of a birthday cake to make a point stick in my mind. This visual has made a deep impression in my heart, so I will share it girlfriend to girlfriend…with you.
For many years I lived my life for my own purposes. The things that made up my life were all good and for the most part they represented good goals and dreams. I didn’t realize that God was not first in my life, because the things that were first were clearly good things. The problem is that I had things backwards. I was not created to live my life for myself, my goals, or good things. I was created for His purposes.
My life foundation and substance was clearly based in good things…marriage, family, children, friends, ministry, volunteering, etc…And, Jesus was the fluff of sweet icing on top of my life. I lived a “bless me Jesus” existence, and didn’t even realize it until my life fell apart, the cake exploded, and everything came crumbling down around me. It was then that I realized that the foundation of my Christian faith had not been solid. My foundations were flimsy and the proof came when there wasn’t much to stand on when life hit hard.
Unfortunately I have seen this to be true with many other Christians. We get trapped in making a life for ourselves and pouring our own foundations. The problem is, Jesus himself warned us about this.
Today’s Truth: Matthew 7:24-27
“Everyone who hears my words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had it’s foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Life happens.
There are storms to live through, winds that threaten to blows us down, and zillions of daily annoyances that sometimes leave us feeling like we just can’t cope. But, when our life is rooted in the Words of God, and our foundation is solidly on the Rock of Jesus, we will not crumble and fall when life happens. Jesus intended to be more than the fluff of icing on top of our life, He died to give us LIFE and to be our Whole Life.
Yes, Life is hard sometimes. But, we will remain standing when Jesus is the foundation, the substance, or the cake of our life.
Like the story of three little pigs…Satan is like the big bad wolf who huffs and puffs to blow 
our house down. But he can not blow down the house that is solid, steadfast, and securely rooted in Christ.
- Wise Women Hear God’s Words and Puts Them into Practice
- Jesus becomes a Wise Woman’s Foundation
- Life Happens and She remains Strong
- Jesus is the Cake, or Substance of Life
- The Cake is Preserved from Crumbling
- All else is frosting, the fluff, the blessing
- But when all else fails, the foundation remains
Today’s Prayer
Lord, Thanks for word pictures and things that help me “see” my life in a different way. Forgive me for the times that I make everything else my life’s “cake” and substance. I desire YOU to be my everything and my solid, solid foundation.
