When the Wind Blows...what's left?

There's been a lot in the news lately about massive deadly tornados.  They have swept fiercely through the midwest, they have also struck, yet not so fierce, locally.  When the wind blew, the houses came down.  Businesses were destroyed.  Lives were lost.  Many were affected.

I've seen some of the pictures coming out of Joplin, MO. It's utter destruction. I was in New Orleans just a week after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina - there were towns where absolutely nothing was left...just cement foundations.

It made me think of recent events in my own life and the lives of those around me.  There have been some pretty devastating winds blowing, shaking, knocking down and destroying many pillars that I thought were set permanently.  These pillars were faith, hope, trust, security, comfort, peace and made up of so many more things.

When the winds died down, the rains stopped pouring, the dust settled - It was all gone.  Everything was destroyed.  Except one thing, the foundation.

Reminds me of the verse in Matthew 7:25:   The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

My faith is built on the foundation of Jesus Christ.  My faith in Him is Rock Solid.  My assurance of Salvation because of Jesus dying on the cross for my sins - that's Rock Solid.  I am ok (for now) with this fact - my foundation is solid, but everything else, it's been shaken.  Some things have been utterly destroyed no longer to be seen.  Others, they are crushed, broken, destroyed.  And I stand here staring wondering what happened and why. 

My question is - when, not if, the winds blow and the storms come, what is your foundation set on?  Is it set on sinking sand, to be washed away at the first sign of trouble?  Or is your foundation set on the Rock - Jesus Christ? 

Everything else might be broken.  It might be crushed.  It might be washed away.  But where is your faith - is it still set in Christ? 

I challenge you to look deep inside yourself and look at the foundations (those sure foundations we mere mortals tend to build on) and test them.  Are they "storm" ready?  Are they "wind" proof?  If it's not built on Christ, I can guarantee you this one thing - the answer is no!