Tozer said, “Listen to no man who does not listen to Christ.” That’s the foundational question: Are those I follow those who follow Christ … humbly, faithfully, courageously?

It was Christ’s closing illustration in the most important sermon ever preached. As He came to the close of the Sermon on the Mount, He reminded us about foundations and the necessity of building our lives on the rock of Him and His word versus the unstable sand of this world. “When the rains come,” He said, “a house built on sand will fall …and great will be its fall” (Matthew 6:27, paraphrase).

Sand is everywhere. You don’t have to walk two feet or be awake but a few minutes to hear the subtle, shifting, deceitful lies of the world, the flesh, and the devil. The Prince of this world is subtle and parading as an “angel of light” to deceive even the followers of Christ. He aims his arrow at those whose foundation is unsettled to take them out. King David felt it.

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,

They make ready their arrow upon the string

To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

If the foundations are destroyed,

What can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:2-3)

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