Late yesterday afternoon, a storm was moving in from the west.  The sky darkened as ominous blueish purple clouds billowed high in the sky and blocked out the bright sunlight. Lightening and thunder rolled.  Ira Sankey’s old hymn comes to mind:

     “The Lord’s our Rock in Him we hide,

      A Shelter in the time of storm;

      Secure whatever ill betide,

      A Shelter in the time of storm.

      O Jesus is a Rock in a weary land, A weary land, a weary land;

      O Jesus is a Rock in a weary land –

      A Shelter in the time of storm.”

Watching the news is like watching a storm rolling in, bearing witness to the fact that we live in a weary land.  But, no matter what the storms of life bring, our Solid Rock…our Secure Shelter…is our God and Savior, Jesus Christ!

Psalm 27:5

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.

Psalm 62:2, 5-8 

2 [God] only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken…5 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. 7 On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. 8 Trust in Him at all times, O people.

“So for us, the condition and preparation on, and by which, we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the asking of faith. We must forsake the earthly props, but we must also believingly desire to be upheld by the heavenly arms. We make God responsible for our safety when we abandon other defense, and commit ourselves to Him.” ~ Alexander MacLaren

The Lord bless you and keep you…

Pastor Dave