Been home for a few days now, but routine has alluded me. Too many late nights . . . too many abbreviated mornings. Too few extended times to put a couple of thoughts down. This morning, though, a little time to noodle on a big thought. Our God is the Rock.

“The Rock, His work is perfect,
       for all His ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
       just and upright is He.”

(Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV)

Hovering over a song of Moses this morning. A song written so the people would remember. In a time and culture where things are passed on verbally rather than visually, putting words to music helped towards retaining truths that needed to be remembered. And in this song, the God of Israel is five times pictured as the Rock.

This song is the first time Yahweh is extolled as the Rock. But the image of God as a sure foundation, a mighty fortress, and a Rock of ages (“everlasting rock” in Isaiah 26:4) will be found repeatedly in Samuel, the Psalms, and the Prophets.

God is the Rock. Chew on that.

Unfailing. Immovable. Faithful. Reliable. True to His promises. Able to deliver. Ready to sustain. A reliable refuge. The world may have their “rocks”, but as Moses sings, “their rock is not as our Rock” (Deut. 32:31).

“There is none holy like the LORD:
       for there is none besides You;
       there is no rock like our God.”

(1Samuel 2:2 ESV)

No rock like our God.

And He is our Rock. Ours through covenant. Ours through blood. Ours forever. Ours experienced in and through Christ (1Cor. 10:4).

. . . blessed be my Rock,
       and exalted be my God, the Rock of my salvation.

(Psalm 18:46 ESV)

Oh, to rejoice in the Rock.

Oh, to rest in the Rock.

From the end of the earth I call to You
       when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the Rock
       that is higher than I.

(Psalm 61:2 ESV)

Oh, lead me to the Rock — the Rock of my salvation!

By His grace. For His glory.