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great love for me. My Abba, my Father, my heart trusts in You.

Faith’s Great Foundation

I do not know of any saint that does not want to have a strong faith that will see them
through all the trials of life. This chapter will show the way to possessing such a
strong and overcoming faith. In order to build something that will stand through the
storms of life, one must begin by laying a solid foundation. Yahshua spoke about a
foolish man who built his house upon the sand, and when the storm came the house
was destroyed. He contrasted this with a wise man who built his house upon a rock,
and when the wind and the rain beat against it the house remained a sturdy and safe
haven.

The Scriptures reveal what is the only sure and unshakeable foundation that the
saints are to build their faith upon. It is an understanding of the love of God. The
apostle Paul prayed that the church might be given insight in this matter:

Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven
and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of
His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which
surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Paul mentions the faith of the saints, and then he immediately prays that they might
be “rooted and grounded in love.” The words ‘rooted’ and ‘grounded’ are both
foundational words. A root is the lowest part of a plant. It is what anchors the plant
to the ground and it is also a source of life as water is drawn up through the roots. To
be grounded also is a foundational matter. When we say that someone is “well
grounded” in some field of study, we are acknowledging that they have a firm grasp
of the principles upon which this field of study is based. Paul also desired that the
saints would have a firm grasp of God’s love toward them. He knew that when the
saints had become “rooted and grounded” in the love of God, then they would have
a faith that was both sound and immovable.

The love that Paul wanted the saints to be established in is not our love toward God,
but His love toward us. Notice that he continues by praying for the saints to
comprehend “what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the