The first section of Psalms has been called the Genesis Psalms.

They help us to realize that every good thing begins with God.

The Psalms provide a roadmap for the journey ahead.

In them, we learn to bring every emotion and experience of life into the presence of God.

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When God asks a question, he is not looking for information. No, he already has all the answers. When the Lord poses a

question to us, it's a probing question. It is to help us to identify what our great need is,

where we are, where we need to be. Questions lead us back to the God of all answers. When you come to

Psalm 11, you find one of these divine questions,

and it is a fascinating question. You've heard it quoted, I'm sure. Psalm 11, verse 3 says,

if the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? And we all understand that foundations

are very important. If you don't believe me, look at a house that's

been built on a poor foundation. And over time, the cracks begin to appear. And it's more than just

a little settling. No, there's a total shifting. We're seeing that in our world today, aren't we?

We're seeing it in families and in churches and in lives. It seems the foundations of society, the foundations of decency and family are being destroyed.

We are overwhelmed and in desperate condition.

So it seems that Psalm 11 verse 3 is implying that if all these foundations crumble,

there's nothing left for us to do. What can

the righteous do? But in fact, that's not the context of the question. No, the context of the question

is basically to teach us that our foundations are never destroyed. You see, the very next verse

says, the Lord is in His Holy Temple. The Lord's

throne is in heaven. Here's the great principle. If you are a person that's right with God,

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