Pastor's Corner

for Sunday January 24th
“From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” (Psalm 61:2)
The thing I love most about King David is his transparency. David was the greatest king Israel ever had and yet David was always conscious of his weaknesses and his need for God. David had killed a lion and a bear with his bare hands; he was a warrior who had fought many battles. He was a man among men. But David’s strength and confidence was not in himself but in the “rock that is higher than I.”
In a world where an earthquake can come without any warning and in that moment turn your world upside down; in that moment change your life so radically that it will never be the same again, we need a rock upon which we can stand, a “rock that is higher than I”. Rocks don’t move; they don’t change. They’re solid and enduring. Mountains are made of rocks and seem to transcend time. You may know of some big things in your life but mountains are bigger. They outlive all change yet remain unchanged themselves. They whether all storms and at the same time provide shelter from storms. Mountains typify for us the essence of stability and endurance; of consistency and dependability.
That is what God was for David. No matter how fierce the storm He is a shelter in the storm. No matter how much is collapsing around us, He is unmoved, consistent and dependable.
We will survive the storms of life by going to “the rock that is higher than I.”
Pastor Don.