{"id":27316,"date":"2017-12-28T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T13:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=27316"},"modified":"2018-02-19T23:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T23:41:13","slug":"establishing-a-firm-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/12\/establishing-a-firm-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing a Firm Foundation in Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27317\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2017\/10\/digging-a-hole-1692944_1920-e1514463810588.jpg\" alt=\"digging-a-hole-1692944_1920\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p>As the year draws to a close, it is appropriate that I also conclude\u00a0my\u00a0series on suffering, and more specifically, a series of articles that focussed a verse sent to me by a friend back in October 2016. I have been clinging onto these words ever more firmly since. \u00a0I have already posted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/09\/christian-not-suffering-alone\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">introduction<\/a>, and a series of posts on each word of a string of promises that Peter makes his readers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/09\/christian-not-suffering-alone\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">After you have suffered a little while<\/a>, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/09\/god-restores-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\">restore<\/a>, <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/10\/audacious-promises-that-god-will-heal-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirm<\/a>, <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/10\/weak-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\">strengthen<\/a>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>establish<\/strong><\/em><\/span> you (1 Peter 5:9-10)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes when life deals its worst in your direction, it feels like you have been blown away. Your world can fall apart in an instant. But in fact, this verse tells us it is actually a time when God wants to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>establish<\/strong><\/em><\/span> you, or\u00a0firm up your foundations. In some ways this acts as the culmination of all the previous words, and could be seen as containing their meaning in one word. But lets focus on this specific word, and see what it adds to this verse.\u00a0The Greek word here translated \u2018establish\u2019 is used four other times in the New Testament, and each of them has something for us to learn\u00a0today as we look at this verse:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3>Become founded on The ROCK<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>founded<\/strong><\/em><\/span> on the rock\u00a0(Mt 7:25).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Establish then clearly means to give you a strong, unshakeable foundation. \u00a0Times of suffering will come. \u00a0Jesus promised us as much: \u201c<em><strong>In this world you will have trouble<\/strong><\/em>\u201d (John 16:33, NIV). And as my mentor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2014\/01\/learn-from-my-mentor-henry-tyler-a-wise-pastor-now-in-glory\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Tyler<\/a>, used to love to say \u2018How many of you know Jesus ALWAYS keeps his promises?\u2019 \u00a0He would pause for a moment, and then say, but the verse doesn\u2019t stop there, Jesus continues: \u00a0\u201c<em><strong>But take heart! I have overcome the world<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that Jesus is with you is surely one of the key factors in us having a firm foundation. \u00a0But there is more to it than that. Jesus in the introduction to the famous parable says,\u00a0\u201ceveryone who hears these words of mine and <em><strong>puts them into practice<\/strong><\/em> is like a wise man who built his house on the rock\u201d (Matt 7:24, NIV).<\/p>\n<p>Thus, whilst establishing us is the work of God, there is something we can do to participate in that work: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/tag\/jesus-commands\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">listen to the words of Jesus, and obey them<\/a>. As we learn to be truly followers of Jesus, we will be those who find when troubles do hit us, we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2012\/05\/we-grieve-but-not-in-the-same-way-as-those-who-have-no-hope\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">not shaken to the same degree as those with no hope<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is striking how rarely we hear preaching on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/tag\/jesus-commands\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">commands of Jesus<\/a>. I am reminded of a book that John Piper wrote called \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/books\/what-jesus-demands-from-the-world\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What Jesus Demands of the World<\/a>.\u2019 I think, over the next few weeks or months, I will endeavour to read all fifty short chapters, each of which focuses on one of Jesus\u2019 commands. Learning to really <strong>OBEY<\/strong> Jesus is surely one key to our being \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>established<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: I subsequently decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/tag\/jesus-commands\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">blog my way through Jesus\u2019 commandments<\/a> as a way of trying to re-establish a foundation in my own life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>2. Remember God is God and you are not<\/h3>\n<p>This word \u2018establish\u2019 or \u2018foundation\u2019 is also used in one of the glorious hymns which the writer to the Hebrews tells us are about the SON of God. \u00a0Sometimes we like to pretend we are powerful, we like to delude ourselves that we will go on for ever, and we like to think that we can be self-sufficient. \u00a0All these convenient delusions are often the foundation of our lives. \u00a0When suffering comes along and destroys those foundations by rudely reminding us of our frailty and mortality, where do we turn? \u00a0The answer is we turn to the one who lives for ever, the one who really is all-powerful, and the one who laid the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>foundations<\/strong><\/em><\/span> of this earth! If he can lay a foundation for a planet, surely he can be trusted to lay one in our lives?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cYou, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning,<\/p>\n<p>and the heavens are the work of your hands;<\/p>\n<p>they will perish, but you remain;<\/p>\n<p>they will all wear out like a garment,<\/p>\n<p>like a robe you will roll them up,<\/p>\n<p>like a garment they will be changed.<\/p>\n<p>But you are the same,<\/p>\n<p>and your years will have no end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Heb 1:10\u201312).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>3. Be Grounded in the Love Of God<\/h3>\n<p>The word \u2018establish\u2019 is also translated elsewhere as \u2018grounded\u2019. \u00a0Often we say of someone \u2018they are very grounded\u2019, meaning that they are stable. \u00a0What better place to find your grounding, than with the experiential knowledge of the love of the Almighty God. \u00a0When you are suffering, knowing that God loves you gives such hope. \u00a0May we be filled with this knowledge and may it transform us! \u00a0As Paul prayed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith\u2014that you, being rooted and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>grounded<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19\u00a0and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.\u00a0(Eph 3:15\u201319).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>4. Be stable in your faith<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026continue in the faith, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>stable<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard\u00a0<em>(Col 1:23). <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above verse is the last way in which this Greek word for \u2018establish\u2019 is used. \u00a0Here the word is stable. \u00a0And the best way to be stable is to be sure of our faith, and the hope we share of a glorious future. A couple of times this year, I have picked up a copy of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2014\/09\/short-video-hope-reborn-by-tope-koleoso-and-adrian-warnock\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Hope Reborn<\/em><\/strong><\/a> which I wrote with my pastor, Tope Koleoso. I have done this\u00a0to remind me each time of an aspect of the gospel. We so often forget, or drift away from the truths of our faith. Stability comes to us only if we hold firmly to the truths that mark us out as different because we are Christians.<\/p>\n<p>These four verses don\u2019t offer an easy solution. But they do offer clear pointers as to how we can co-operate with God\u2019s work in establishing us, or\u00a0building a firm foundation in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, like me, you have gone through a difficult time in 2017. \u00a0Will you join me in praying that God himself will \u201c<a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/09\/god-restores-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\">restore<\/a>, <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/10\/audacious-promises-that-god-will-heal-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirm<\/a>, <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/10\/weak-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\">strengthen<\/a>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>establish\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0us in 2018?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-27379\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2017\/12\/tombstone-2331172_1920-e1514720860537-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">Don\u2019t miss\u00a0out on the series this post prompted <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/tag\/jesus-commands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obeying The Commandments of Jesus<\/a>,<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Follow the <a class=\"decorated-link decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/tag\/jesus-commands\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> or subscribe to our\u00a0newsletter to receive every\u00a0article in your inbox.\u00a0Complete the form in the top of the right hand column, or below if you are visiting on a mobile device.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Pixabay<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year draws to a close, it is appropriate that I also conclude\u00a0my\u00a0series on suffering, and more specifically, a series of articles that focussed a verse sent to me by a friend back in October 2016. 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Just not all at once. Healing takes time. Compassion and patience carry us over a lifetime of change. These are the themes I explore in my books and in the articles I have written for Patheos since 2003. My writing draws on my scientific training as a doctor and psychiatrist, my work in the UK's National Health Service and the pharmaceutical industry, alongside more than twenty-five years as a member of a growing church where I served on the leadership team offering pastoral care. My perspective has also been shaped by chronic illness since 2017, when I developed life-threatening pneumonia that caused lasting damage to my body, triggered several further conditions, and uncovered a diagnosis of blood cancer. This was successfully treated, although doctors expect it to return in the future. Out of these experiences I founded Blood Cancer Uncensored, an online patient-led support community. I am the author of the Transformed by Jesus: Spiritual Renewal series of books, which ask: \u2192 Is the Easter story true, and what does it mean? Raised With Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything \u2192 Why is change so difficult? What causes the resistance? The Traitor Within: Understanding and Healing Our Deceitful Hearts \u2192 How does transformation happen over time? Amazing Grace: How Faith Grows in the Human Heart \u2192 What are the first steps on a journey of faith? Hope Reborn: How to Become a Christian and Live for Jesus These books bring together medical, psychological, social, and faith-based insights, advocating for a biopsychosocial\u2013spiritual model of wellbeing. My qualifications and training reflect this integrated background: \u2192 British MB BS medical degree (equivalent to an MD in the USA) \u2192 Postgraduate qualifications in Psychiatry (MRCPsych) and Pharmaceutical Medicine (MFFM, DipPharmMed) \u2192 Theological training courses run by Newfrontiers","sameAs":["http:\/\/patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adrianwarnockpage\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianwarnock"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/author\/awarnock\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}