The Bible is the Word of God coming to life for the person reading it.
It speaks to humankind in general, but in particular to God’s children.
The Word says, “Hi, My most beloved child, I want to show you God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.”
The Bible comes to life when we read it because Jesus is alive and living in us. Jesus is Lord!
All of us are hewn from the same Rock, Jesus Christ. We were created in His image. (Gen 1:27,
Isaiah 51:1)
Christians follow Jesus and are building their lives on the living Rock.(Matthew 7:24)
Some 250 odd years after the resurrection of Christ a plague, probably smallpox, broke out in Europe at the same time when Christians were persecuted. Every day 5000 people died In Rome alone. Of course, the Christians were blamed for the tragedy.
The plague devastated everybody, believers and non-believers alike. All the people fled from Rome, except the Christians who took care of both. They were Rock material with hearts of flesh.
Ebola is a new threat and once again, Christians are lending a hand to victims. Dr. Steven Rowden and his team who volunteered for Doctors Without Borders in Liberia, treated many who were left behind. (Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint Oct 15, 2014)
Among those was a 4-year-old girl abandoned by her whole family. When Rowden was asked if his faith was tested by the people dying he replied, “No, I got great strength from my faith and the support of my family.” He is rock material.
We are following Jesus. Listen to the words of Isaiah 51:1; “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.” (NKJV)
We get tired and may even feel frail at times but we are still Rock material. Let’s listen to what Pauls said in 1 Cor. 10:4 about people who were rescued out of Egypt; “and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”
We are righteous in Christ. We have access to the same living water. We might feel like trotting in mud sometimes but we should look at the Rock and then look at the hole of the pit, which we left on the day when He took us out of the mud.(Isaiah 51:1b)