Illustration 1: Eleven miles off the coast of Scotland stands the Bell Rock Lighthouse which is the world’s oldest surviving lighthouse. It was built on an acre of solid rock in the middle of the North Sea. Waves and storms have been crashing into this lighthouse for 200 years. But it still stands strong as a beacon of light because of its foundation on a solid rock and an interlocking stone structure. A foundation in Jesus Christ and a strong structured Christian life can help us withstand any storms that come across in our life.
Illustration 2: Ravi Zacharias was called for a lecture at the Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, he passed by the new Wexner Art Center. The driver said, “This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating building designed in the post-modernist view of reality.” The building has no pattern. Staircases go nowhere. Pillars support nothing. The architect designed the building to reflect life. It went nowhere and was mindless and senseless. Ravi Zacharias turned to the man describing it and asked, “Did they do the same thing with the foundation?” He laughed. You can do anything with the structure but you cannot play with the foundation.
