Unshakable

Most recently, I've watched Mister Bill's latest "project" ... the careful putting-together of a tower stand from which to hunt. As far as I know, it's his largest and most accommodating stand; as it nears completion, every nut, bolt and nail must be secured and inspected before occupancy! Countless things are presented to us as worthy of our trust - things boastful of longevity, steady and secure. All too soon we find these otherwise trustworthy things crash, burn and fail. Edward Mote, writer of more than 150 hymns in his lifetime, wrote for us these words: "His oath, His covenant, His blood - Support me in the whelming flood - When all around my soul gives way - He then is all my hope and stay." We've all seen the stability of roads and bridges recently crushed and crumbled by the deadly force of wind and water; such is our lives when trust is misplaced. David wrote the following words while on-the-run from his enemies including King Saul: "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in Whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." (Psalm 18:2, ESV). Although the words rock, fortress, deliverer, refuge, shield, salvation and stronghold are earthly words, they find their fullest and perfect effect in Almighty God! "On Christ the Solid Rock I stand - All other ground is sinking sand - All other ground is sinking sand." May those who know Christ find their habitation in The Presence of The One perfectly and eternally ... unshakable.