In Psalm 11, David had received a word from a close advisor, telling him to run for the hills, flee like a bird off to some safe mountain. Instead, David paused and asked a very insightful question: “if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”   

   Good question!  The dictionary defines foundation as: ‘the basis upon which something stands or is supported.’  

 The foundation here refers to the people and the law and government which make society possible.  For God’s people it includes the whole moral order of creation and how God designed things to go.  One by one, these moral pillars of society are being broken down by the enemies of Christ.  Each of the 10 commandments are under severe attack in our day.     Foundations are everything.  If our foundations remain strong, then everything else can remain strong too.

God is our foundation; this is David’s point in Ps. 11.  He’s talking about standing firm in life when one’s whole world seems chaotic, when evil sweeps across the land, when it’s a world aflame and you would just prefer to flee. 

  The voice of the flesh is to flee, but the voice of the Spirit is to look to the Lord and trust Him.  He sees all what is happening. The things bad people do in the dark, thinking no one sees them, we are reminded here that the Lord sees it all, evaluates it all and will bring justice.

   The righteous, that is, people whose lives are considered righteous, not because of their good works but because they are rightly related to God by faith in His Son, Jesus, they stand on the firmest foundation there is!

  So, if the foundation crumbles, the life falls apart.  But if the foundation remains solid, no amount of stress can make that life crumble.

     David was not going to run for the hills, rather he strengthened his resolve to respond in faith, not in fear. 

And this great confidence is not just for David, it’s for us too.  Faith in God is our rock-solid foundation.  And we can take that with us wherever we are, whether in a hospital room, in the dark or in another land.  The Lord is there.

     Let your faith in God enable you to stand firm against any ongoing threats that try to destabilize you.