| A rock speaks of strength and stability, of shelter and security, and the Lord is all this to His people. “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” Our Lord told of “a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” It stood upon the Lord Himself, for “He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” So we can confidently pray: “Be Thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me. For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.” “When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I,” for “He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defense; I shall not be moved.” He is “my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.” He is “as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land,” and “in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.” “His way is perfect. … Who is a rock, save our God?” |
