December 10, 2022 … God Is Our Rock …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 344 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics of Paul Baloche singing … God My Rock … powerfully singing about how God is our rock, … our security, … in times of trial or trouble.   

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Highlight Passage… 2Samuel 22:2 [NLT] …  

2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my Savior; …    

… David sings of God being his [our our] security and deliverer in times of trial or trouble.                                                                          

Highlight Passage (Context): … 2Samuel 22:1-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David’s song (see also Plasm 18) about God being the king’s strength and security when he was pursued by his enemies, including Saul.                                                                    

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 61:1-3 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Once King David prays his song to honor God as his (and our) deliverer and our rock of safety in times of trouble. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru Solomon, calls on believers to trust COMPLETELY in the Lord and not on our own understanding in times of trial. 

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … 

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am Your God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. 

…  God’s promise, thru Isaiah, that HE, the Lord, will provide us with His strength in times of trial or trouble. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-20 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus calls on us Christian to yoke our weakness to His strength when we feel weak. 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 21:42 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus quotes from Psalm 118, declaring, to the religious leaders in Jerusalem, that HE was the cornerstone on which God’s kingdom was to be built.    

                                                                             

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Dave Brannon … AT THIS LINK …   tells of seeing children at play in the hallway of a school gym, during a basketball game, run to their parents for security when a fire alarm sounded, showing how the children naturally sought after their security in those they knew would protect them.                 

Is that what we do when we feel insecure or threatened?  Do we, like King David in the highlight passage, reflexively turn to our God, who is THE ONE Who can - and will - provide us with the strength we need in times of trial or trouble (see Reference Scriptures above)?  Is our Lord our ROCK, providing us with our stability and deliverance, when the world shakes beneath our feet (hear the linked song)?    

I pray so for all of us.          

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your stability and strength as the world shakes and crumbles all around us.             

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to trust in You, Lord, to be our strength when we tremble in our weakness.    …  Amen

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