Tremble at the presence of the Lord...
Who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock in to springs of water.
Psalm 114.7-8
As God led the people out of Egypt, every "stopping place" was a place of miraculous intervention by God!
The Red Sea, Manna, the dry wilderness. Over and over when the people faced a desperate need and cried out for help, God was there to provide what they needed in abundance.
The hard rock places that we encounter are the very places that God intervenes in our lives.
All the "growth" places of the New Testament (James 1.2-8, eg) begin with "tribulation" of some kind.
The Psalms list hundreds (1,000's ?) of tribulations. Psalm 1.1 sets the tone with the "wicked...sinners...and mockers." Over and over the Psalms show us the Glory and the Grace of our God intervening in our behalf as we seek Him and follow His Word. Psalm 119 tells us of 176 things God does for us when we seek Him in hard times.
In 2 Corinthians 12.9-10 God tells us, "'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' ... That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
When hard rocks and hard knocks reveal our weaknesses, God reveals His grace, goodness, love, power, wisdom.........
Share how you have found this to be true?
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