Their rock is not like our Rock

Their rock is not our Rock

For their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges. – Deuteronomy 32.31

Whenever I think about something built or based on a rock my mind goes back to Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. A rock pictures strength and stability and sturdiness and unmoveableness.

So the rock illustration is a great one and one that makes up a big part of our faith and even our culture as believers. We refer to our rock over and over in our songs and hymns.

On Christ the solid rock I stand

This Rock in Jesus, yes He’s the One (from 1 Corinthians 10.4)

The wise man built his house upon the rock

And so on and so on

I'm not sure, but I think this may be where it all started. Israel survived their forty years of wandering because, as it says here, ‘their rock is not like our Rock.’

What a perfect statement of our faith. What we set our foundation is not what everyone sets their foundation. Our Rock is the rock that is the only sure foundation. Everything else is going to crumble into dust and. I now it is not a perfect illustration, but when I look at Edinburgh Castle and see how it was cut into that solid bedrock all of those hundreds of years ago it is easy to see how it is still there.

And our Rock is even more secure. Our Rock is not like the others. He will never been broken up and we can depend on Him just like Israel did in the wilderness.

So what is your and my rock today? Is it family or friends or possessions or our job or our bank account?

Or is it the only Rock that will stand forever – Jesus Christ?