The Lord is repairing foundations in this hour. He is restoring personal foundations and the foundation of His Church throughout the world.
Recently I saw a vision of a once solid and firm foundation that was cracked and breaking up like you see when a sidewalk breaks up due to overgrown tree roots. I immediately knew that this foundation I was seeing represented believers’ foundation in Christ— even their identity in Christ. But, why was the foundation that I was seeing cracked and broken? What were the roots that were breaking it?
The Spirit of the Lord took me back to this vision and showed me these huge roots, like that of a large tree. The roots that I saw had grown off the original foundation and had then grown under it. They were now usurping or encroaching (even trespassing) upon the solid foundation of Christ and His original intent for His Church. Then I saw that these roots were attached to things originally planted or built upon the foundation of Christ but over time they began to grow roots and offshoots that were independent of Jesus. They grew out to the left and the right and then went underground— disrupting the foundation that was set in place to hold them up. The independent roots of these structures had taken over and now they had become destructive and needed to be cut in order to restore the foundation and secure the God-given structures.
Then I saw the Heavenly Father come and he began digging out these independent roots that were destroying the foundation of His Son in the lives of His people. As each root was removed the foundation was repaired and identity in Christ was being restored. The removal of the destructive roots caused the things planted upon the foundation to become unshakable once again— for they were being restored to their rightful place and His original purpose. Yet, in some cases, the roots had grown so large and thick— the whole structure had to be removed to save the foundation.
Since having this vision, the Spirit has given me understanding that this is what He is doing in His Church globally. In His mercy, He is removing everything that has been damaging or destroying the foundation of Christ in our lives and in His Church. In some cases, this means that structures that have become so independent from the original foundation will have to come down in order to bring restoration.
His desire is to remove the growth of wild roots and offshoots that are destroying the foundation without tearing down structures. He wants to secure what has been built while removing what has grown as a wild root. But we must allow His pruning and cutting away to happen. Anything that is not rooted in the original foundation of Christ must be cut away or that structure will find that it is no longer on their original foundation and will begin to crumble or will grow independent of Christ and His truth.
This “cutting away of destructive roots” is causing disturbances in things we’ve grown and even how we’ve functioned. But we must let this “cutting away” happen individually and corporately. This is His mercy and His love for us being made manifest. It is required for a pure outpouring to occur.
God is not only restoring the foundation of structures but He is restoring the purity of our identities. Our identity is not to be in structures (even ministries) or the “things of Christ” but in Christ alone. If we don’t allow this work we will demand people to serve a structure rather than to serve Christ and faithfully steward the structure according to His plans, principles, and firm foundation.
Structures are NOT bad— they are needed. But, they cannot be allowed to grow roots that create a spiritual ecosystem that is independent from Christ. We are being restored to our original and firm foundation. Yielding and surrender are vitally necessary during this time. Do not try to hold onto things being cut away or secure things being removed. Ask the Holy Spirit for discernment and understanding so that you can cooperate and partner with God in this work.
“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11
This is an updated edition of a post originally published on Inscribe Ministries
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