HE IS MY ROCK!

 

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

 

HE IS MY ROCK!

 

Ps 18:2-3

2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

 

          The world seems to be riding a wave of wild lunacy driven by hedonism and fueled by ignorance. A steady diet of breaking news is disturbing to the soul. The very soil beneath my feet seems unstable. I need a rock to stand on, and I have found such a rock in Jesus Christ.

 

          The word “rock” as it is used in our Bible portion is not a rock to be thrown but a lofty and craggy fortress. Because it is high, the one sheltered can look down upon the fray below. Because it is rugged, access is limited. It is a place of safety. There the birds sing, and the brooks laugh along far away from the clang and clatter of machinery and conflict. There the dew drenched moss cools our feet, and the air is swept clean.

 

          In the rock I am nourished and refreshed. There the bees have found a safe place to make their hives. “He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock.” Deut 32:13

 

Edward Mote has written this familiar song.

 

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

 

Refrain

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

 

Dear Lord, How I need you to be my Rock today. Be for me a place of surety, safety, and supply. AMEN

 

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

 

Monday, February 16, 2026

 

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

 

Matt 5:14-16

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

 

A candle may resent the flame – but will always yield to it.

 

          Like a candle, we may resent the heat of the flame of ministry. We know that this flame will gradually wear us away, but we also know that this is our purpose and reason for existence. Fancier candles may give off their sweet perfume but that is not their essential purpose or design. They are to give forth light and to do that they must yield to the flame. We care because God’s care has been melted and formed within us. It is part of who we are as believers. We respond because the spirit of the Good Samaritan has been poured into us. We shine because the master regularly trims our wick.

 

          You too are a candle, formed and poured by the Lord. Do not resist the flame of obligation and duty. Do not hide your light under the basket of selfishness. Take your place on the candlestick and let your light shine. Men will see your good works and understand that God is at the center of them. Glorify God today! Go! Shine!

 

Dear Lord, I yield to the flame today! Use me to send forth your light. AMEN

 

THREE DAILY CHALLENGES!

 

Sunday, February 15, 2026

 

THREE DAILY CHALLENGES!

 

Phil 2:13-15

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

 

          The Christian is faced with at least three daily challenges that make it hard to shine especially in business! We need to be reminded that the businessman who is neatly dressed and scrubbed clean may be hiding a corrupt mind and heart! Although he may seem friendly, his true friend is “the bottom line.” It is important that we remind ourselves that three daily challenges will greet us as we begin our day.

 

          First, the world holds to the notion that reason is always superior to faith! Even “church people” will compartmentalize these two so that they do not intermingle. They are thought to reside in two separate realms. Reason is reason and faith is faith. Because reason is based upon science and observable facts, it is preferred over faith, but God never intended the two to be separated.

 

Rom 1:28

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

 

          Second, remember that business practices are “amoral” or value free. Whatever cheating or scheming is necessary to “get the job done” is considered normal business practices. The religious idealist becomes very vulnerable if he applies the same rules to business that he finds at church! It is not necessary to abandon morality and decency but always remember that these do not necessarily exist in the business world.

 

Rom 1:29-31

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

 

          Third, it is important to know that we live in a world that does not respect rules! The world sees itself as morally emancipated, self-sufficient and free to do as they please. They smile at the Ten Commandments and obey them only when it is convenient or beneficial. The result of these three godless values has left the world friendless and fearful.

 

Judg 17:6

6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

 

          The answer for us, of course, is not to join the world in its scheming paranoia but to be alert to the evil around us.

 

Rom 8:2-4

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

 

Dear Lord, fulfill your righteous law in me today – but let me be wary of the evil world around me. AMEN