Thus says the LORD, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter"; therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'He who believes will not be in haste.' And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter." Then your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through you will be beaten down by it. As often as it passes through it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night; and it will be sheer terror to understand the message. For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in it. For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work! Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord GOD of hosts upon the whole land.
THE LORD IS MY ROCK
People will lie to themselves and think that they can live in disobedience to the ways of the Lord and still not have to deal with the consequences of their bad decisions. They think death can be cheated and believe the lies of Satan, the lies of this present age. Yet, The Lord has laid a cornerstone as a strong foundation. It is a sure foundation, when that can be trusted. It is He Himself!
Do I trust in this Rock or do I fall to the deceits of the world? If I follow the lies, I will inherit death; If I follow and cling to the Rock, I will be upheld in all trials. Surely, the man who trusts in the Rock will not be overwhelmed by the storms and will escape the false hope of the refuge of lies.
Trust in the Lord, O my soul and ignore the world. The world tells me to deny the ways of the Lord and to treat His precepts as old fashioned and not worth following. Yet, I cling to this Rock, who is my salvation. Amen.
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