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The Lord Is My Rock. Ouch.


The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;  my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2)

            This morning I'm thinking about God as my rock. This is the verse that came to mind. What can one say about God being your rock? The usual idea that comes to mind is that God is our safe place. Rocks are seen as being unchanging. In those ways, a rock is comforting. Rocks also don't give when we kick them or otherwise come into sharp contact with them. They don't move. They are not broken. Instead, they break us.
            A fortress or stronghold protects us. It surrounds us and prevents others from attacking us. It also closes us in. The walls get in the way. A deliverer can rescue us from, or hand us over to an enemy or negative circumstances. The same shield that prevents us from being harmed gets in the way of our harming others. 
           God is simple, in that He is who He is all the way through, but sometimes we seem to want Him to be for us in a way that we want Him to be for us. It seems so simple to us. We expect God to be our safe, solid place to stand that is as giving as water when we come against Him. Have you ever considered the idea of a one sided coin?

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