A Solid Foundation

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A Solid Foundation

The house that refused to fall

The Leaning House of Jerusalem

Derek Prince once rented a beautiful three-story house in Jerusalem.

Problem: the builder got greedy and slapped a third floor on a foundation made for two.

Within months the whole thing started tilting.

One corner slowly sank.

Windows cracked.

Doors wouldn’t close.

The house was leaning hard.

Derek said every time he walked past it he heard the Holy Spirit whisper,

“That’s what happens when you build higher than your foundation can carry.”

Ever Live in That Leaning House

You added extra floors too.

• Floor of ministry

• Floor of reputation

• Floor of “look how spiritual I am”

All on a foundation that was 90 % good intentions

and 10 % actual time with Jesus.

One diagnosis,

one church fight,

one prodigal child

and the whole thing started leaning hard.

Cracks in your peace.

Doors of joy that wouldn’t shut right.

Walls of faith sagging toward the ground.

The Day the Builder Showed Up

You were standing in the rubble of your leaning dreams when Jesus walked up,

put His hand on the only corner still standing,

and said,

“Son, the foundation never moved.

You just forgot it was there.”

Then He started shoveling away the sand you had piled on top

until you hit bedrock again:

Himself.

There’s only one foundation that can hold a life:

Jesus Christ.

Not your performance.

Not your prayer streak.

Not your reputation.

Just Him.

Everything else is bonus flooring.

How to Tell If Your House Is Starting to Lean

• You’re more tired serving Jesus than resting in Him

• Storms scare you more than they used to

• You avoid quiet because you’re afraid of what you’ll hear

Good news:

You don’t need a new house.

You need to move back onto the foundation that’s still perfect.

Prayer for Every Leaning House Reading This

Lord Jesus,

My house is tilting and I’m scared.

I’ve built too high on too little of You.

Come shovel away the sand,

the pride,

the busy.

Set every cracked wall back on the Rock that never moves.

I’m moving home today—

back to the Foundation that held when everything else failed.

Hold me.

Steady me.

And teach me to build only as high as I am deep in You.

Amen.

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