For us God has laid as a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. Man cannot move or destroy that foundation. “Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Cor. 3:11).
No matter what the state of ruin may be, the foundation remains. And on that foundation we may rest and upon it we may continue to build with gold and silver and precious stones until the day is done.
To us our Lord says, “Why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great” (Luke 6:46-49).