No other rock

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.” - Isaiah 44v8

Today’s thought actually comes from the NKJV which translates the end of the verse this way, “…there is no other Rock, I know not one.” The Hebrew word translated “God” in the KJV is tsoor, and properly means a “rock, or a cliff face.” It is the word all throughout the Old Testament to say, “There is no rock like our God.”

People today are clinging on to all kinds of rocks for their stability. They cling to the rock of finances, the rock of materialism, the rock of religion, the rock of popularity, or the rock of pleasure. They soon find that all of these supposed rocks are really nothing more than pebbles that can never sustain anything.

God makes it clear that we have a Rock. In fact, we have the only Rock. Whenever I think of the word tsoor my minds runs to Edinburgh Castle. When the castle was built it was built right into the a vast volcanic rock. When you look at the foundation you see it cut into and embedded in that rock. It has stability because it is built on a solid rock.
As a believer my life is established on the only solid rock. That Rock is Jesus, yes He is the One. On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. What rock are you clinging on to today – after all – there really is only One Rock!