Read Isaiah 17--19

Who Is Truly the Rock? 

There is a wrestler and actor who calls himself, The Rock. Oh, really? Now, this guy may be good at wrestling (I am sure that he can whoop me) and he may be a good actor (Hollywood uses him and not you and me), but The Rock. However, his name overstates who he is. Let me show you what I mean. Listen to the consequences of forgetting the true Rock, and let me ask if there are the same consequences, or any consequence, for forgetting a man known as The Rock. 

10		Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
		And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, 
		Therefore you will plant pleasant plants 
		And set out foreign seedlings;
11		In the day you will make your plant to grow,
		And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish;
		But the harvest will be a heap of ruins
		In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.
		(Isa. 17:10, 11, NKJV).

There are serious repercussions for not remembering the true Rock, but there are none for failing to remember a man. The Rock is perhaps a show name. Let us (and him) remember that is all it is. Extend this thinking to everything, for there is nothing and no one who has absolute power over us, but the great God of heaven, who is the true Rock.

Don Ruhl
Church of Christ
220 NE Savage Street
Grants Pass, Oregon 97526-1310
541-476-3100
http://www.plymouth-church.com/dons_corner2.html

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