Lead Me to the Rock
Psalms 27:1-5 (NIV) Psalm 27
Of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation —
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked advance against me
to devour me,
it is my enemies and my foes
who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the LORD,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent
and set me high upon a rock.
Psalms 61:1-4 (NIV) Psalm 61
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David.
1 Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
2 From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
4 I long to dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
The older I get, the greater my need to rely upon my Savior and my Lord. For you see, it is my Savior who redeemed me, but it is my Lord who leads me. When King David was running from his son, Absalom, he understood that
He needed the protection that can only come from God.
I am reminded of one of the conversations between God and Moses, and Moses was told he could view God as he walked by from the cleft of a rock. No one could look upon the face of God and live and so God provided a hiding place for Moses from where he could safely view God from the back.
We, too, need a space that only God can provide, a hiding place when we are suffering from chronic pain, or perhaps a debilitating illness from which there seems to be no cure. Our hiding place has always been, and will always be, Jesus. Jesus is the rock, and when we turn to Him we find a blessed peace.
May we each recognize our need for a Savior and a Lord, and may we rest in the security and safety found only in the Rock
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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