ROCK

Throughout scripture, God is often referred to as our Rock. The first occurrence of this name of God is found in Genesis 49 during Jacob’s blessing of his son Joseph. Moses and David often described God as the Rock of Israel and the name carries through the New Testament as person after person depended on the Lord as their solid Rock.

In the 1860’s, Edward Mote penned the following words to  a Hymn that has withstood the test of time.

THE SOLID ROCK

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

As you praise Jesus this week as your ROCK, take an inventory of what you are standing on. Have you placed your trust in anything or anyone besides the Lord?

Where do you go when you face trials and tribulations in your life?

If we are standing on anything other than Christ as our solid rock, we will find ourselves in sinking sand.

Won’t you join me in worshiping and praising God this week as our ROCK?

Sunday Supplication

Lord, you are my Rock and the only One I place my trust in when things come against me. Thank you for being the solid ground that I can always stand upon no matter what I may face in my life. I praise You, Jesus my Rock. AMEN! SO BE IT!

Monday Manna

“There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”

1 Samuel 2:2

Tuesday Treasure

“For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.”

“The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!”

2 Samuel 22:32-33, 47

Wednesday Wisdom

To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.

Psalm 28:1 and 40:1-3

Thursday Truth

Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

Psalm 144:1

Friday Fact

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

Isaiah 26:4

Saturday Song