O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. (Psalm 95:1–2)

Rocks are sturdy, solid. Houses built on solid rock stand up much better than houses built on sand or even clay. Anchoring a guy line into a rock holds much better than tying it to a stick or a branch. Anchors keep boats from drifting away. Anchors are used to fasten objects to walls. To anchor something means to fix it so that it is immovable.

Thinking of God as our rock comes easily. He is our reference point for all of life and thinking. He is the absolute truth that the unbelieving world denies exists. And rightly so, for if one believes in the non-existence of God, then one must therefore believe in the non-existence of truth. I use the phrase “belief in the non-existence” advisedly, for indeed atheism is a belief system, make no mistake about it. What one chooses to believe becomes his anchor point for everything else in life.

As believers in Yahweh, our worldview begins with God. “In the beginning God …”—so begins our Scriptures (Gen 1:1). His existence is assumed, and from that everything else flows. John states it this way: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). This is the bedrock truth.

For Christians, this rock-solidness extends to our salvation. He is the Rock of our Salvation. If our house is built on this rock, then it will be immovable, unshakeable, and unassailable. While we recognize that Psalm 95 is Jewish Scripture, we are heirs of these truths along with them. Salvation for the Jews is ultimately rooted in God, and not in the shifting sands of their good works. Indeed, the Law of Moses provided a way of dealing with the inevitability of sin. The Day of Atonement, in particular—the catch-all, so-to-speak—was given as an annual reminder of sinfulness and the remedy that is found only in God through a sacrifice. In the NT, we discover that the sacrifice God accepts for complete forgiveness and thus salvation is found in Jesus Christ, who did not “… need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself” (Heb 7:26–27).

This salvation in Christ’s completed and perfect sacrifice is our security and can never be taken away from us. We are assured forever; we are saved always; we are forgiven eternally. Because He is our Rock.

Lord, thank You for my security, Your salvation. I shall never be moved.