Lead Me to the Rock

Today’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Job 29-30
NT: John 10
W&W: Psalm 70

Today’s Reflection:
Last night I shared the following devotion with the congregation at Bethel Nazarene as Lana and I met the congregation:
Psalm 61.2b says, “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” As I read that scripture a few weeks ago, I thought about what it means for Jesus to be “the Rock that is higher than I.” I jotted down the following prayer:
"Lord, I want Someone who has… a stronger position, a better perspective, a higher plane, a firmer foundation, a weightier argument … to me my refuge. Take me where you are…"
In our world today, there is lots of despair about lots of things… Lots of talk about hope and change… Our president was elected in a landslide because people are looking for hope. Our nation wants something/Someone to believe in! We want heroes!
How fast we latched on to Captain Sully Sullenberger of USAir flight 1549…
And Captain Richard Phillips and the Maersk Alabama…
But there is a Hero even greater. It is the One whom the Bible calls the Captain of Our Salvation…
The only lasting hope we can ever have is Jesus Christ! I’m reading a book called A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking). Earlier this year I read one entitled The Last Three Minutes (Paul Davies). These books by renowned physicists and mathematicians (both secular scholars…) come to the same basic conclusion: The universe as we know it is finite and will come to an end. Surprisingly, they both unabashedly seemed to yearn for something that would establish our eternity.
Jesus is our lasting hope! That’s why I want to go to the Rock that is higher than I! Standing outside history and above all creation, Jesus is the Rock higher than any other rock! If I can just get beside him, I can enjoy the benefits of…
· A stronger position whereby I can gain spiritual and eternal victory!
· A better perspective by which I can see God’s long-term view of history.
· A higher plane from which to operate with better, purer motives.
· A firmer foundation that cannot be moved in the storms of life.
· A weightier argument for my eternal salvation.
You, too can pray with me: “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I!” See you at the Rock!

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
1 John 1.1: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.