The Rock On Which I Stand

I had decided to take a break from classes this semester and focus on other things. I started teaching voice this fall on top of my other job and the Lord has given me some opportunities to lead worship for a couple women's retreats. I thought I would have a little more free time, but boy was I wrong! It seems like this has been one of the busiest times of my life!

The Lord has been doing a lot in my life - teaching me some hard truths to swallow, using me in ways I never imagined, stretching me and taking me deeper with Him. He is always so sweet to His children.

One of the most profound things I am coming to grips with is the fact that Christ is the only Rock on which I can stand. If you grew up in the church, you are probably familiar with the old hymn "On Christ the Solid Rock I stand." The reality that Christ is the foundation on which I build my life upon should never become dull or redundant. I see more and more how Christ is really the only constant, unchanging One. I can never put my trust in man or in a job or career or the hope of marriage or riches and wealth or anything. God has shown me in my own life how all of those things come and go, but He is always with me. I've had my hopes shot over lost jobs, broken relationships, unfulfilled dreams, and money that has been sucked out of my bank account. And He always brings me back to who He is and His unfailing love and mercy.

When I arrive at the end of my life, I want to know that I pursued Christ with all my heart and strength. That I treasured Him in the way that I lived and loved. In a sermon last night, the pastor shared how we are not to be guilted into sharing Christ with the world, but we should spread the gospel simply out of our love for Jesus. Oh, how I want to know the depths and riches of Christ! How I want to spread God's fame just because I love Him and I believe that the gospel is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes. I need His help so much.

I will leave you with this from Jeremiah 17:5-8:

"Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in a desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when the heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."