GOSPEL LIGHT #681

Ps 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

A huge storm is threatening and looming. You are in the middle of nowhere. No man-made shelter is strong enough to withstand this ferocious storm. It will surely obliterate everything in its path. But, where you are, there is a massive boulder nearby offering refuge to anyone who would come under it. You make a run for it and deposited yourself in it. You sit down there on dry ground and watched as the storm rolled through. When the storm was over, you came out of it totally unharmed and unscathed, while everything around you was ravaged and devastated. Thank God for the rock!

This is a picture of salvation. That huge and ferocious storm is God's impending judgment against us sinners. That massive boulder is the Lord Jesus Christ. That act of depositing and hiding in the rock is faith. 

Good works, charity, and religiosity have their proper place. But they are no shelter against the storm. Even if you do so many good deeds, even if you are liberal with charitable works, even if you are religious, without that rock, you will perish in the storm. 

That rock alone could save you. The death of Christ on the cross for your sins is your only hope.