day no. 15,302: bargain-bin building blocks and second-rate slapdashery

Psalm 11:3
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Not rhetorical. Seriously, what should the righteous do when the foundations are being destroyed beneath their feet? Rebuild them. But NOT in our own image and NOT as though the problem with them was their construction and not our jackhammers.

God has provided us all certain orienting principles upon which decisions, lives, marriages, families, communities, churches, and nations can be faithfully built. He has given these to us in order to show us what to build and how to build them. When we begin trying to use these principles to build out of step with their purpose, it is not surprising that the structures wobble and not only do structural damage to what we built, but also foundational damage to where we built it.

It is also not shocking when our towers topple when they are constructed using bargain-bin building blocks and second-rate slapdashery. You cannot build nobility out of ignoble efforts. You cannot create a heritage out of hash. You cannot leave a legacy out of loose living. Rather, I should say, you can leave a legacy and an inheritance, but it can only be legacy of ignoring legacy and a heritage of devouring inheritances in advance.

So what can the righteous do? Be righteous. Worship the One who is righteous and begin to rebuild our lives, our homes, our churches, our communities, our nations on Him alone. 

1 Corinthians 3:10-11
According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.