For You aremy rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sakeYou will lead me and guide me. Psalm 31:3 NASB Your name’s sake– So God is safe. I choose to believe that. I choose to live my life in light of His reliability. Waves come. I get tossed about. Someone I love fails me. Unanticipated trauma strikes. But…
For You aremy rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me. Psalm 31:3 NASB My rock and my fortress– Have we relegated the stronghold of God to heaven? Have we forced God to provide only a spiritual sanctuary after we’ve finished the earthly course? Or is God really our Rock and…
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV Faith – We don’t have to revisit the modern dilution of this text. That’s already been done. But just a reminder. When the NASB and the NIV and others choose to render this verse something like, “Now…
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 NASB Rock – First, David establishes the idea of security. “The Lord [YHVH] is my rock,” uses the word sela’. YHVH is my…
“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 NASB Saying – The first stage in the collapse of a civilization is the intelligentsia of the culture questioning the values and rituals that established the identity of the civilization. In this stage, the intellectuals of…
“The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just;” Duet. 32:4 NASB Rock – The Hebrew word sur is used 75 times in the Old Testament. Many of those uses are metaphorical. Here, God is likened to a rock. He is absolutely reliable, completely trustworthy and an unfailing source of strength. The…
