October 28 Daily Devotional

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand

‘O, yes,’ says this man [Psalm 73] ‘I know that ... even though a day may come when I shall feel the foundations of life shaking beneath me, God will be a rock that will hold me. He cannot be moved; He cannot be shaken. He is the Rock of ages, and wherever I am, and whatever may be happening, however my physical frame is behaving, and even when the things of earth are passing away, God the Rock will sustain me and I shall never be moved. God is the Rock, the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.’

The Bible is never tired of saying this.... Listen to Isaiah.... He talks about that ‘foundation stone’; that ‘tried stone ... a sure foundation’ that has been set, and what he says is, ‘He that believeth shall not make haste’.... Or according to another possible translation, ‘He that believeth shall never be put to shame’. Why not? He is on the Rock, he has this support, he has this foundation, and it cannot be moved, for it is God Himself....

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesu’s blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust my sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesu’s name.
     On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
     All other ground is sinking sand ...

Do you know this? Are you on the Rock? Do you know Him? Do not try to live on your family; do not live on your business, or on your own activity; do not live on your experiences, or anything else. They will all come to an end and the devil will suggest that even your highest experiences can be explained psychologically. Let us live on nothing, let us trust nothing, but Him. He is the Rock of Ages, the everlasting God:

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

Faith on Trial, pp. 114–15