by Dona Hake
Psalm 18:2 (ERV)
“The Lord is my Rock, my fortress, my place of safety.
He is my God, the Rock I run to for protection.
He is my shield; by his power I am saved.
Praise the living God! How awesome it is that we can proclaim the Lord to be our rock, fortress and our place of safety! He IS the Rock on which we stand, and we know that as we stand upon that Rock we shall not be moved.
Today I want you to reflect upon how your Lord rescued you from the place of darkness and brought you to the place of freedom. Jesus cleansed us of our sins. Forgiveness is ours, and as we continue in the race set before us He has provided for us strong footing for He is the Rock on which we stand. He promises to give us everything we need as we stand upon this solid Rock.
Before I knew Him as a teenager I can still remember whispering a prayer before my eyes went shut each night. “God…there just has to be more to this life than this…” I just could not believe within my heart that there wasn’t more. I can remember what it felt like to not understand why I was even here. Tormented in my soul I would keep uttering this prayer, and then I met Him face to face at the last closing moments of a week long crusade I had attended. Each night my heart struggled as I fought to surrender my all to Him. What a fool I was to think that my ways were better and higher than His. I praise God that in that time in which my heart was overwhelmed and filled with anxiety that He led me to the Rock that was higher than I! Let us rejoice in our salvation, and never forget how He delivered us and set our feet upon the Rock that never moves!
Psalm 61:2 (KJ21)
when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to
the rock that is higher than I.”