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On my best days, I feel like a rock - strong, steadfast, and enduring. I can withstand any wave and make ripples of my own. On my worst days, I feel like a rock - stubborn, heartless, and inflexible - more caught up in self-righteous convictions than in being responsive to the needs of others and desires of God.
Maybe you feel like a rock, too. You might be interested to know that God has dealt with rocks before. A few examples
- When His people were thirsty, God had Moses strike a rock with a rod to bring life-giving water gushing out of it.
- Jesus' lifeless body was placed in a tomb that was sealed with a giant boulder. Stubborn as it may have seemed, God rolled it out of the way so that the life-giver could walk out from behind it.
- When Jesus was passing on the torch of his ministry here on earth, he took a rock - Peter, who's name in Greek literally means rock - and made him the cornerstone of a movement that has gone on to give life to countless billions of people.
However stubborn or heartless or immovable you may feel, know that God uses rocks. He may have to hit you over the head, roll you in a direction you weren't ready for, or put you in a position you are completely uncomfortable with. But given the opportunity God has used rocks to change the course of history, and given the opportunity He will use us, too.
Stand strong. Cause a ripple. Rock on.
