For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11
The Lord is repairing foundations in this hour. He is restoring personal foundations & the foundation of His Church throughout the world.
Have you ever seen a once solid & firm foundation that was cracked & breaking up—like what you see when a sidewalk breaks up due to overgrown tree roots? The Lord is saying that this represented a Believer’s foundation in Christ—even their identity in Christ. But why was the foundation seen as cracked and broken? What were the roots that were breaking it?
The Spirit of the Lord wants us to see these huge roots, like those of a large tree. The roots that had grown off of things planted on the original foundation and had then spread under it. They were now usurping or encroaching (even trespassing) upon the solid foundation of Christ and His original intent for His Church, and for the houses built upon it.
These roots were attached to things originally planted or built upon the foundation of Christ, but over time they began to grow roots and offshoots that were independent of Jesus. They grew out to the left and to the right and then went underground, disrupting the righteous foundation that was set in place to hold them up. The independent roots of these structures had taken over, and now they had become destructive and needed to be cut in order to restore the foundation and secure the God-given structures.
Our heavenly Father is digging up these independent roots that are destroying the foundation of His Son in the lives of His people. As each wild root is removed, the foundation is repaired & identity in Christ is restored. The removal of the destructive roots caused the things planted upon the foundation to become unshakable once again, for they were being restored to their rightful place and His original purpose. Yet, in some cases, the roots had grown so large and thick (so intertwined with other things) that the whole structure had to be removed to save the foundation.
In His mercy, the Father is removing everything that has been damaging or destroying the foundation of Christ in our lives and in His Church. In some cases, this means that structures which have become so independent from the original foundation will have to come down in order to bring restoration.
We must allow His pruning to happen. Anything that is not rooted in the original foundation of Christ must be cut away, or that structure will find that it is no longer on its original foundation and will begin to crumble, or it will begin to grow independent of Christ and His truth.
This “cutting away” of destructive roots has been causing disturbances in things we’ve grown and even in how we’ve functioned. But we must let this “cutting away” happen, individually and corporately. This is His mercy and His love for us being made manifest. It is required for a pure outpouring to occur.
God is not only restoring the foundation of structures, but He is restoring the purity of our identities. Our identities are not to be in structures (even ministries), but in Christ alone. If we don’t allow this work, we will begin expecting people to serve a structure rather than Christ. We won’t be able to faithfully steward the structure according to His plans and principles, or from the place of His firm foundation.
Structures are NOT bad; they are needed. However, they cannot be allowed to grow roots that leave the foundation and create a spiritual ecosystem that is independent from Christ. We are being restored to our original and firm foundation. Being yielded and surrendered is vitally necessary during this time. Do not try to hold onto things that are being cut away or secure things that are being removed. Ask the Holy Spirit for discernment and understanding so that you can cooperate and partner with God in this work.Amen
Sol.Joan