DO YOU KNOW GOD ?

As Your “Rock”?

Rock = A meaningful metaphor

• The name Rock refers to the fact that God is the foundation of everything.

• He alone is immovable and unbreakable.

• In God there is no need to fear because He will not crumble, and as long as we trust in Him neither will we.

• A shelter from danger and anxiety

Rock=Refuge

“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A

refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put

their trust in You; For You, LORD, have not forsaken

those who seek You.”Psalm 9:9,10

Rock=Refuge

“Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; In You I take shelter.”

Psalm 143:9

Rock=Refuge

“In You, O LORD, I put my trust; Let me never be

ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down

Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of

refuge, a fortress of defense to save me.”

Psalm 31:1,2

Rock=Refuge

“For You are my rock and my fortress;

Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are

my strength.”Psalm 31:3,4

Rock=Refuge

“For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe

greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways

are justice, A God of truth and without injustice;

Righteous and upright is He.”Deuteronomy

32:3,4

Moses Knew God This Way

• Ascribe greatness to our God. • He is the Rock, His work is

perfect;• For all His ways are justice,• A God of truth and without

injustice;• Righteous and upright is He.

Moses Knew God This Way

“Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God

who fathered you.”

Deuteronomy 32:18

Moses Knew God This Way

• The Rock was a place of refuge, safety, and security

• Deuteronomy 32:36,37

• “For the LORD will judge His people And have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their

power is gone, And there is no one

remaining, bond or free. He will say: 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought

refuge?”

Rock=Refreshing

“Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing,

Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth;

Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant

Jacob!”Isaiah 48:20

Rock=Refreshing

“And they did not thirst when He led them through

the deserts; He caused the waters to flow from the

rock for them; He also split the rock, and the waters

gushed out.”

Isaiah 48:21

Hannah Knew God This Way

“And Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in

the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile

at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides

You, Nor is there any rock like our God.”1 Samuel 2:1,2

David Knew God This Way

• The Rock was a place to escape the threat of danger

• Rock of Escape-• 1 Samuel 23:27-

28

• “But a messenger came to Saul,

saying, "Hasten and come, for the

Philistines have invaded the land!

Therefore Saul returned from

pursuing David, and went against the

Philistines; so they called that place the Rock of Escape.”

David Knew God This Way

“Then David spoke to the LORD the words of this

song, on the day when the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his

enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said: The

LORD is my rock and my fortress and my

deliverer.”2 Samuel 22:1,2

David Knew God This Way

“The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation,

My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. I will call

upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.”

2 Samuel 22:3,4

David Knew God This Way

“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and

my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold.”

Psalm 18:2

David Knew God This Way

“Truly my soul silently waits for God; From

Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be

greatly moved.”

Psalm 62:1,2

David Knew God This Way

“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in

safety.”

Psalm 4:8

David Knew God This Way

“In God is my salvation and my

glory; The rock of my strength, And my

refuge, is in God.”

Psalm 62:7

Jesus Is Our Rock

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and

does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house

on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not

fall, for it was founded on the rock.”

Matthew 7:24,25

Jesus Is Our Rock

“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and

on this rock I will build My church, and the

gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.”

Matthew 16:18

Christians Know God This Way

“Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to

lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope

set before us.”

Hebrews 6:17,18

Christians Know God This Way

“And all drank the same spiritual drink.

For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and

that Rock was Christ.”

1 Corinthians 10:4

To Know God At ALL

• One must respect His power and His care

• Proverbs 14:26

• “In the fear of the LORD

there is strong confidence,

And His children will

have a place of refuge.”

Where Do You Turn For…

• Refuge from stress and fear?

• Stability of mind and soul?

• Peace from the storms of life?

• Confidence building?

• Revitalizing the spirit?

• Do You Know God

as Your ROCK?