What’s the biggest challenge you’ve faced in life? It may have been an illness, the death of someone who was close to you, the betrayal of a friend or the breakup of a relationship. In such moments, we desperately need to know where to turn. We need a rock. King David seemed to face such challenges frequently, and he found God to be his rock and his fortress. He knew that, even though life continued to hurl difficulties at him, he was unshakable. In this particular psalm, he spoke about those who were aiming to bring him down through their lies. They trusted in extortion and bragged about their stolen goods. They were always seeking to trip him up, but he discovered that they, and their threats, counted for nothing in the face of God’s unshakable strength.

The writer to the Hebrews reflected that everything in this life can be shaken. Things may seem secure and reliable for a while but, at the end of the day, they will be destroyed. He reminded his readers that they were “receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable” (Hebrews 12:28). Like Abraham, they could step out in faith knowing that their inheritance was impregnable. God would not let them down and they could live with the assurance that they were eternally secure.

When facing disaster, you need to know that God is there to give you all his protection and comfort, but God doesn’t want us to regard him as an emergency service who is only there for the bad times. His desire is that we should know his rock-like security every day so we are continually blessed by his love and strength and can look to the future with confidence knowing that whatever happens, we will never be shaken.

In what way have you experienced God to be your rock?

Lord God, I praise you that you want to be my fortress today. Help me to trust you completely whatever happens. Amen