“On Christ the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand.”

My husband quoted that hymn yesterday in his sermon on the sovereignty of Jesus. I started thinking about the importance of solidness – something that is not hollow, frail, subject to caving in.

Jesus is the solid rock we can count on. No matter

• what we are facing,
• who we are facing
• when we are facing the challenges of this life

Jesus is the solid rock.

I can remember a time when I was feeling doubt and fear concerning what I was facing in my life. I felt paralyzed and weak. I did not even know what to pray, and even if I did know what to pray, I didn’t believe then that it would do any good.

I was driving alone in the car and that song started to escape from within…

“when darkness seems to hide His face

I rest on His unchanging grace.

Through every high and stormy gayle -oops – gale

My anchor holds within the vale.

On Christ the solid rock I stand

all other ground is sinking sand

(here is when the tears started flowing)

all other ground is sinking sand.”

I realized at that moment that Jesus was my only hope – if I did not stand on faith in Jesus, I would sink deep in the “sand” of despair and fear.

I just kept singing that song over and over and gradually I started to sense hope. Jesus is the solid rock.

1 Peter 2:6-7 (NLT)

⁶ As the Scriptures say,

⁷ Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him. But for those who reject him,