The foundation is the most important part of the development, structure, strength, and endurance of a home or building. Jesus refers to the importance of a foundation of a person’s life when He tells the parable of the two men who built their homes, one upon a rock, the other on sand (Matthew 7:24 – 27 and Luke 6: 47 – 49). Jesus states that the rain, wind, and storms beat upon BOTH homes. The house, whose foundation was on the rock stood, the house on the sand fell. The parable, or picture, Jesus is illustrating is about how a person builds his or her life. The foundation of each house (or life) being the key ingredient.


As we walk with Jesus it is important to recognize or know the foundation of our life. How did we begin our relationship with Him? What brought us to Jesus? What instructions, teachings, etc. did we begin our relationship with Christ? These instructions, teachings, etc. are what formed the foundation of our relationship with Christ. They formed our concepts and ideas of how we relate to Him.

Having a relationship with Christ and the Father is all about communication. The ability to hear His voice and directions in our lives is vital to our walk and growth with Him. I would say that our greatest struggle, in our walk with Him, is the ability to hear His voice. Sometimes we get it and hear very well, more times (than we are willing to admit) we miss it, we do not hear His voice or can’t hear His voice.

In my seeking to understand this dilemma, I have come to know that the problem is on our side – not His! I’ve come to understand that the problem lies in our foundations. If the foundations are not correctly formed, the house (our life) is shaken or falls apart when storms, heavy winds, etc. come.

For the most part (in Christianity) we have come to Jesus based on 2 messages – or 2 different reasons. These messages or reasons brought us to Christ and were the foundations upon which we started and formed our relationship with Him. They shaped and formed our concept of Him. Our relationship with God is dependent upon our concept of God.

I would like to present to you, what I believe, are 2 incorrect foundations which cause conflicts in our relationship with Christ and the ability to hear His voice.

#1) Fear: We came to Jesus because we were afraid we were going to die (any moment) and we’re going to spend eternity in hell. Fear caused uncertainty about eternity and brought us to Jesus to remedy that uncertainty.

#2) “Rescue Jesus”: We found ourselves in difficulties, trouble, problems, hardships, etc. and we needed deliverance from these situations. We came to Jesus to “rescue” us or deliver us out of these troubles.

Both of these reasons are blessings and promises provided by Christ in salvation. But, there is a problem when we build our relationship based upon these 2 foundations.

Salvation is all about a relationship! Salvation is first and foremost about restoring the relationship with our Father (GOD) which was lost because of sin in the Garden of Eden. These 2 foundations distort that relationship and keep us from hearing Him correctly.

Next week I am going to share how these 2 foundations distort your hearing and present to you 2 foundations that will change your life and the way you walk with God.