✝ Daily Encouragement (11/8/23) "When The Foundations Are Being Destroyed"
Published: Wed, 11/08/23
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
 "When The
Foundations Are Being Destroyed"
Message summary: Stay faithful today! As a regular sub theme of this ministry declares at the very bottom of each footnote we are indeed, "living securely today anchored in God's solid foundation" even as we see the foundations of this temporal world being destroyed.
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"When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Psalm 11:3). "Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm" (2 Timothy 2:19). Today my friend Jesse and his son Eli James are over pouring the concrete pad for our addition, using about 4 yards of concrete. The truck arrived bright and early at 7:00AM. A poured floor is just one more step of progress. The most visible step will be when the framers put up the walls and roof, hopefully in the next couple of weeks!
Years ago we visited Hoover Dam, one of the most massive civil engineering projects in American history. The
dam and power plant used 4.6 million yards of concrete, just a tad bit more than my project!
I suppose if many of us were to think of a single notable dam in America it would be the Hoover Dam.
The summer after I finished high school before starting college I worked at a large
pre-stressed/pre-fabricated concrete plant in Kansas. They made huge concrete components for bridges and parking lots.
For a couple of weeks I had the most brutal job of my entire life; working a jackhammer. Most of you know what
a jackhammer is but I wonder how many of you have ever run one as a job? Even a ten minute stint would give you an idea of how hard the work is! I only had that job for a couple of weeks until I was promoted to quality control for the same company.
They have a lot of security at the Hoover dam site and to take the dam tour requires passing through airport
type security. I am sure they have means to detect guns and explosives (I sure hope so!). But I wonder what they would do if someone carried in a jackhammer. That's something they probably wouldn't typically be looking for!
I am sure if I went to the base of the Hoover Dam with a jackhammer and began chipping away I would quickly be arrested, and I should be! However, due to the massive size of the dam my individual chipping would have little effect, but persistently chipping away at the foundation of that great dam with many jackhammers over time would eventually have an impact leading to a catastrophic failure. I look at the state of America (and this message certainly applies to the godly remnant living in other countries as well), and it is very evident that the foundations are rapidly being destroyed. Many forces, like jackhammers, are destroying the foundations. Each day it seems another chunk falls from the base of our foundation. I consider the loud distinct sound of a jackhammer as I observe current events. (Note: We, of course, are not referring to the spiritual foundation which cannot be destroyed but rather the foundation of our temporal society.) "When the foundations are being destroyed" The incessant chipping away at the foundational teachings of Christian faith and Biblical morality should be obvious to all who have any degree of spiritual and moral discernment. Merely consider the lies, violence, and perversions that abound. Yet it seems that for many people all that matters is the economy and their own personal pleasures. The observations of the historian Edward Gibbons comes to mind, whose summary of conditions at the fall of the Roman Empire seem very similar to conditions today. Here in America a vile but growing minority is diligently seeking to abolish any evidence of Christian faith from the public square. A group called "Freedom From Religion Foundation" is leading this effort (actually the group would better be named "Freedom from Christianity.") These and many other groups are relentless in their attempts to destroy the foundations. "What can the righteous do?" That is the throbbing question for believers of every generation. Most of you reading this daily message have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and live under His authority. We are part of the righteous remnant that God has sustained through all ages. This remnant can be seen early in Genesis when, shortly after the Fall, "men began to call on the Name of the Lord" (Genesis 4:26) and all through the Bible, through church history and right up to the present. What a great joy to be among those standing up for God in our own day! What can we do as we see the foundations being destroyed? If our primary stock and focus are in the foundation of this temporal life we will surely despair. Paul's words come to mind, "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men" (1 Corinthians 15:19). But, if like Abraham, "we are looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God" (Hebrews 11:10) we will stand firm as the godly have done through all the ages. Psalm 11 gives at least three answers to the question, What can the righteous do when the foundations are being destroyed?"
Stay faithful today! As a regular sub theme of this ministry declares at the very bottom of each footnote we are indeed, "living securely today anchored in God's solid foundation." How firm a foundation, ye saints of the
Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! What more can He say, than to you He hath said, To You who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
Be encouraged today,
(Hebrews 3:13
)
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, help us to be ever watchful and always
prayerful as we see the foundations of our Christian faith attacked. Through the power of Your Spirit we want to take a firm position against the enemy and be strong in our faith. We stand with our Christian brothers and sisters all over the world who are going through the same kind of struggles, or worse, and especially pray for those who are paying a great price for their uncompromising stand. You assure us that after we suffer for a little while, You will restore, support, strengthen and
sustain us as we stand firm on Your foundation. Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"How Firm A Foundation"
Watch on Youtube
Together For The Gospel Live
"Cornerstone" Watch on Youtube Calvary Church Choir and Orchestra "In Christ Alone" Watch on Youtube Shane & Shane
Brooksyne's note regarding Ester's health:
A number of you
have been praying for Ester's health for many years as she has lots of struggles, mostly cardiac related. Her most recent challenge started on Oct. 1st when she jumped out of bed early in the morning and heard a popping sound, followed by the pain she has felt ever since that time. The medical personnel assumed it be cardiac related and treated it with the usual testing for such. We got nowhere and the pain in the calf of her left leg did not subside, only worsened. Finally, she went to her
PCP again yesterday and he did a thorough exam and stated that she has a strained muscle in the left calf that may have too much motion, laterally with her left knee cap. The doctor indicated that this was more easily diagnosed since her knee cap over the past two days has popped in and out repeatedly (a tell tale sign). So, we now have an order for her to undergo physical therapy and hopefully she will soon have some relief. Thank you for your continued interest and
prayers.
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