IMMOVABLE ROCK
If you haven’t read the story of Jacob in Genesis, it would be worth your time to read it. When you consider all the craziness that goes on in his life and the fact that he is still included amongst the forefathers of our faith is most reassuring! Nonetheless, in Genesis 28 he has an experience with God through a dream after choosing to lay down with a rock as a pillow.
"Genesis 28:10-11 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep."
In multiple places in the Bible, the word of God is likened unto a rock or stone. The Bible also declares that Jesus is the word of God. John 1:1-14 speaks of this and proclaims Jesus as the Word who is God and who also came in the flesh. The picture you get from the bible is that God and his Word are immovable and therefore wholly reliable. This is why God longs for us to rest in who he is and what he has said! Consider this next scripture that speaks of Jesus as the most important foundation stone – the Chief Cornerstone.
1 Peter 2:6 For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall never be disappointed or put to shame. (AMP)
This Scripture, when speaking of this chosen and honored stone, uses the pronoun him. When we trust the word of God, we are resting on the rock, Jesus Christ, the stabilizing factor for all of life, the chief and most honored Cornerstone. When we rest in what God has said, he shows us great and mighty things that we've never yet known! Jer 33:3 When Jacob laid his head on that night wasn’t anything like my Tempur-Pedic pillow – no – he put his head on a rock that typified the word of God which is unmovable and life-changing! The word God spoke to him that night changed his life and forged his future, bringing peace and clarity to his path.
I'm praying today that you would rest your life upon the unmovable, safe and reassuring rock of God’s truth! The word of God is your source for finding out what to do, how to do it and how to obtain the strength to make it happen! I am praying that you will have a life-changing breakthrough as you rest upon the precious promises of the word of God! I declare, that as you do this, your future will also be forged and clarified! I am believing that this Encouraging Note will inspire you today to, like never before, rest your head on the life-changing…