"But there can be no good, sure foundation of religion, without mankind having a right idea of God, and some sure and clear knowledge of him, and of our dependence on him." - Jonathan Edwards, from Observations on the Scriptures; their authority and necessity.
Some times I hear people talk about foundations. "You've got to have the foundation right," I'll hear them say. In fact I remember talking about foundation in regards to time management in college. The idea was that we'd know the right foundation to form our day on. There was an illustration with rocks and sand and a big glass jar. If you put the sand (the non-foundational things) in first, then the rocks wouldn't fit. But if you put the rocks in first (the rocks being the "right" foundation), then the sand would fill in the gaps around the rocks allowing all the non-foundational things to fit. Maybe I'm mixing some ideas here, but many of you will understand what I'm talking about.
All that aside, I'm not so sure that we always get the foundation thing right. See we like to have firm footing, but often times we claim the firm footing without looking at what we're standing on. This should be scary if you think about it. But we don't think about it. We just do it. Now I'm thinking right now about the foundation which many of us would, at the very least nominally, say our life was set on: Christ. See its easy to say that we're Christians and that we believe in Jesus, but do we have a right view of Jesus. Is the Jesus we are standing on the right Jesus? This isn't the time for me to go off on any tangents with this, but I'm challenging myself right now and figure I can throw it out there for everybody else: Am I investing enough of my time, energy and life in the Scriptures to say that I have a clear and right view of Jesus? Am I constantly coming to grips with my depravity as I read the Scriptures? Are my affections for Christ fueled by his glory as revealed in the Bible?
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I have read the rocks/sand analogy too. It is interesting and makes sense to me. What you wrote today is very deep, but I think I understand what you're getting at. I'm afraid I'm one of those folks that say "I Believe" and just leave it at that. I'll let you do the questioning and delving, but I will read and take to heart what you uncover.
Good for people to know.
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