Daily Devotional

Sometimes you just need to hear assurance from the Lord.

My grandson was diagnosed with Leukemia this last year. He went through chemo, radiation and then a stem cell transpoant. He's had his ups and downs and is still finishing up the first 100 days to determine if the cells are going to graft in completely. Sometimes we get messages on our family text thread letting us know good news and sometimes we get pleas for prayer. Today was a day of pleading for prayer and a friend sent me this passage in Psalms.

What was great about getting this was that it focused my attention on who God is; a rock, a fortress, a refuge. He is such a strong God! A mighty God! And then I saw the word "my." He isn't just a rock…He's my rock. He isn't just a fortress…He's my fortress. That little word calmed my anxious heart. That little word gave me hope. That little word made me feel protected. And that little word reminded me that my precious grandson has this Big God as his refuge as welll. He has put his faith in Jesus so He can say, "He is my rock, He is my fortress. I will not be shaken.

And my soul found rest in Him.

I pray you have put your faith in Jesus as well. I can't imagine life without Him.

The Solid Rock
(Edward Mote and William Batchelder Bradbury)

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name

On Christ, the Solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils His lovely face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale

My anchor holds within the veil
His oath His covenant His blood
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay

When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh, may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne

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New King James Version (NKJV)
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