Week 1 Intro
Faulty Foundations
In 1173, Italian builders set out to create a magnificent tower in Pisa. Their vision was bold, their craftsmanship beautiful. But there was one problem—they didn’t check the ground.
Unbeknownst to them, the soil beneath the tower was too soft. As the weight of each new level was added, the foundation began to shift. The tower leaned. They tried to correct it, but the damage was already done. To this day, the Leaning Tower of Pisa stands—not as a triumph of design, but as a monument to a flawed foundation.
Many lives are like that tower—carefully built with skill, dreams, and ambition, yet leaning because they rest on unstable ground: human approval, pride, or fleeting security. It may still stand, but not as intended.
Sometimes the Lord will tear out wrong ideas and assumptions we’ve made about who He is and what our lives should look like. He kindly does that in preparation for the real work of laying a firm and steadfast foundation of truth. God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way.
Unbeknownst to them, the soil beneath the tower was too soft. As the weight of each new level was added, the foundation began to shift. The tower leaned. They tried to correct it, but the damage was already done. To this day, the Leaning Tower of Pisa stands—not as a triumph of design, but as a monument to a flawed foundation.
Many lives are like that tower—carefully built with skill, dreams, and ambition, yet leaning because they rest on unstable ground: human approval, pride, or fleeting security. It may still stand, but not as intended.
Sometimes the Lord will tear out wrong ideas and assumptions we’ve made about who He is and what our lives should look like. He kindly does that in preparation for the real work of laying a firm and steadfast foundation of truth. God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way.
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