The Rock Of Ages

-August 27, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“Trust in the Lord forever, for in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.”

(Isaiah 26:4).

Today’s verse is also our Scripture Memory verse of the week. We have already considered Isaiah 26:3, a beautiful verse that says, “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because He trusts in You.”

Isaiah 26, is commonly referred to as, “A Song of Salvation.” The phrase “everlasting strength,” may be rendered, “Rock of Ages.” The Hebrew word is “tsur,” which means rock or cliff. It is found 73 times in the Bible. God is referred as the Rock in both the OT and NT.

A rock is solid and cannot be moved. When we think of the most famous rocks in the world, we think of the Rock of Gibraltar. You can take refuge in a huge rock for protection. God is this worthy of our trust.

Augustus Toplady, a pastor, wrote the classic hymn, “Rock of Ages.” He didn’t write it in a church or at home, he wrote it in a cave during a storm. He ducked into it for refuge until the storm passed by. He started thinking of the rock of faith, but had nothing to write on. He found some playing cards and wrote the words of his hymn on the back of them. How creative and innovating!

The first verses says, “Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, from Thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure, save from wrath and make me pure.”

The Lord is our Rock who will always be there for us at all times and in all ways. Let us trust Him forever. The word YAH is a shortened form of the sacred Hebrew word Yahweh, which the Jews felt was too sacred to say or spell out.

Have a blessed day trusting in the Rock of Ages. Stay safe and healthy.

When you cast yourself on the Rock of Ages, you are better off than all the sages.

Dean