The Rock

This morning I read from Isaiah 51 and found verse 1 highly inspirational: "…Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug." (HCSB)

This has all kinds of implications for my life: who I am; where I belong; to whom I belong; the grain of my life; the very core of me. Various "rock" images in the Bible come to my mind. God is the Rock of our salvation (Dt. 32:15). God is my Rock, my fortress, and deliverer (Ps. 18:2). Jesus is the Cornerstone (1 Pet. 2:6,7). And as a follower of Christ, I am a "living stone" (1 Pet. 2:5). From a rock, God gushed water to His thirsty people (Ex. 17:6). On a rock called Golgotha, Jesus died for my sins (Matt. 27:33). The Romans placed a large rock over the mouth of Jesus' grave, but God removed it at Jesus' resurrection.

The Rock from which I'm cut is strong, selfless, eternal, redemptive. And I am not alone. I was dug from a quarry. There are other "living stones" with whom I live and serve.