Originally posted on Facebook on Tuesday, January 1, 2013.

Since we're in a resolute mood for some reason, I'd like to encourage you with this. Many of us are frustrated with slow, or even absent progress in our lives, not realizing that it's because we avoid the first step in building anything lasting -establishing a firm foundation. (Hebrews 12:6-11)

There are things in all of our lives that must be leveled. God shakes everything that can be shaken (Hebrews 12:27) to shed us of all the lies and deceptions that if built upon, will result in a warped life. If we desire true progress, we must be willing participants in rooting out the faults in the bedrock of our hearts, exposing ourselves to the word of God, being transformed by the renewing of our minds.

If you belong to God, He may very well have you in a holding pattern because in His loving kindness, He will not allow us to build on a faulty foundation.

We can go no further without a firm foundation. If we try, we will find ourselves building everything over and over again because our foundation failed. (Matthew 7:24-27)

But beloved, there is no other foundation that anyone can lay than that which is laid -Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 3:11) #HappyNewYear