The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! (2 Samuel 22:47)
“That rocks!” We hear the phrase often; you may be one who uses it. “That movie rocks! These hamburgers rock!” Really? A hamburger can rock? Well, there is Someone who really does rock: His name is Jesus Christ.
When you are reading the Bible, a rock is used as a symbol of stability and strength, permanence and power, dependability and durability. And that is exactly what Jesus is. The psalmist put it this way:
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2)
If you grew up in church, you may recall hearing or singing these words in Sunday school: “I am under the Rock, The Rock is higher than I, Jehovah hides me, I am under the Rock.”
Jesus rocks because He can be trusted. We can trust Jesus with everything: our dreams, our goals, our doubts, our fears, our hopes, our disappointments, our anxieties . . . anything and everything! Jesus also rocks because He can be depended on. We can depend on Jesus for everything: our safety and security, our protection and preservation, our righteousness and rest. We can depend on Jesus for everything that we need in both life and death. The very foundation of our lives is to be built upon Jesus, the Rock of Ages, giving us the stability and strength we need to get through every disappointment and trial we face.
How is it with you? Does Jesus rock in your life? Do you trust Him for everything? Do you depend on Him for everything? Remember, no matter what is going on in your life, run to Jesus, because He is the Rock who satisfies the deepest needs of your heart: unconditional love and total forgiveness. Peter rocked the Sanhedrin’s minds when he cited Psalm 118:22 and proclaimed:
He is “the stone you builders rejected, which has become the chief cornerstone.” Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:11-12)
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 