Tag: Christ the Rock

How often do we question God, “Are you really with me or not?”

That’s what the Israelites did with God in the desert.

And so for the first and only time in the Old Testament, God stands before the people to be tried.

Usually in a trial, the people would stand before God to be tried (Deuteronomy 19:17).

But this time, it is God who stands on the rock (possibly symbolized by the pillar of cloud) before Moses and the elders of Israel.

And there, since a cloud cannot be struck, the rock on which God stands is struck and he gave them water, proving to the people he was truly with them.

God didn’t deserve to be struck. The people did for their sin of disbelief. But God took the blow, and in doing so, gave them life.

According to Paul, that rock was a symbol of Christ. (1 Corinthians 10:4)

And over a thousand years later, in Jesus, God became a man and stood before men to be judged again.

Once again, he stood trial, not because of any sin of his, but because of the sins of the people.

There on the cross, he took the blow once more. And now through his blood shed on the cross, we have life.

What struggles are you going through now? Are you questioning if God is truly with you or not?

Look to the cross. Remember what he did there for you. And believe.

He is Immanuel.

He is “God with us.”

So let us sing as David did when remembering this incident.

Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! (Psalm 95:1)