Throughout yesterday, a portion of the lyrics to the song, Firm Foundation (He Won’t), played over and over in my head. Why? I’m guessing because God was allowing me to see how differently I felt when I’m supposed to walk out faith on the lyrics versus just singing them because I have a love for worship.

I wondered if Cody Carnes sang it based on the former or the latter. ”Christ is my firm foundation, the Rock on which I stand. When everything around me is shaking, I’ve never been more glad that I’ve put my faith in Jesus cause He’s never let me down. He’s faithful through generations, so why would He fail now – He won’t.”

Even now I’m reminded that it really doesn’t matter why he sings it, but why I do. God isn’t holding Cody Carnes accountable for my faith or my trust in Him. Sure, He’s allowed Cody to produce and sing a great worship song, but what I (or we) do with it is solely on us once we’ve heard it. Yep, it’s just like that with the written Word of God, too. 

Notice that the lyrics imply that faith needs to be present prior to the shaking. The Word reminds us that we need to have it, the Word of God, hidden our hearts already, so that when the shaking comes, we can be glad that our faith was already in Jesus. 

If you haven’t experienced some shaking yet, you will. If you have, but just haven’t felt it in a while, you will. In the meantime, begin to put or enhance your faith in Jesus. Pray as though you’re already going through something while thanking Jesus for the outcome. Pour into others so they are encouraged to do the same. Set yourself up so that you can not only sing words of affirmation and victory, but so you can walk them out in the midst of the shaking.

READ: Psalm 119:1-16; Romans 3:22-24

LISTEN: https://youtu.be/x9ndiD0_qNk Cody Carnes, Firm Foundation (He Won’t)