Rock of our Salvation
“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never be shaken.” Isaiah 28:16
Many things can shake our faith. The winds of trial and test can rock our boat and make us sea sick. But if our hearts are truly built on the Rock of our Salvation then the winds may come, the rain may blow, but we will be able to stand against that storm. Our foundation will be sure, built upon the Rock of our Salvation.
Job stood tall with all that he went through. He spent many a day and night on his knees, on his side, scraping boils in an ash pile but his faith took the best blows of friend and foe. Job lost everything but not his faith and trust in the Lord.
Horatio Spafford faith was shaken but it stood through cruel trial. His son died suddenly in 1871. The Chicago Fire ruined his finances. He put his wife and four daughters on a ship to sail to Europe. The ship sank and he lost his four daughters. Horatio boarded a ship to meet with his wife and during his voyage, near to where his daughters drowned, he penned the words of a later hymn, “It is Well with My Soul.”
See: http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps064.shtml
Today and everyday crisis and calamity overtakes the captives of this world and Christians alike. Christians are blessed because they have a sureness of comfort, care, love, and hope in Jesus Christ. The wind and rain only make our faith stronger and our resolve more determined. We get blown around some but our faith stands.
The captives of this world have no such foundation. When they weep we comfort them, we care, we help, for we may be the only comfort they come to know.
Many things can shake our faith. The winds of trial and test can rock our boat and make us sea sick. But if our hearts are truly built on the Rock of our Salvation then the winds may come, the rain may blow, but we will be able to stand against that storm. Our foundation will be sure, built upon the Rock of our Salvation.
Job stood tall with all that he went through. He spent many a day and night on his knees, on his side, scraping boils in an ash pile but his faith took the best blows of friend and foe. Job lost everything but not his faith and trust in the Lord.
Horatio Spafford faith was shaken but it stood through cruel trial. His son died suddenly in 1871. The Chicago Fire ruined his finances. He put his wife and four daughters on a ship to sail to Europe. The ship sank and he lost his four daughters. Horatio boarded a ship to meet with his wife and during his voyage, near to where his daughters drowned, he penned the words of a later hymn, “It is Well with My Soul.”
See: http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps064.shtml
Today and everyday crisis and calamity overtakes the captives of this world and Christians alike. Christians are blessed because they have a sureness of comfort, care, love, and hope in Jesus Christ. The wind and rain only make our faith stronger and our resolve more determined. We get blown around some but our faith stands.
The captives of this world have no such foundation. When they weep we comfort them, we care, we help, for we may be the only comfort they come to know.
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