Be My

I have been noticing places throughout the Psalms expressing “be my [rock, fortress, defender]” “be Thou my strong rock” (Ps 31:2).

When God came to Moses as “I am that I am,” all being was made evident in Him. All existence is of Him. All being is from Him. All things hold together by His Word of power (Heb 1:2).  So, when the Psalmist prayerfully asks for Him “to be” that substantial present need for him, it is mysterious to me.

Is it that the whole cosmos understands that “being” is all in Him for everything, and is existing so? Is it man alone that has yet to come to realize these needs take on Being when it is Him that becomes that needed thing unto us (1 Cor 1:30).

We need a Rock. We need God to be that Rock. All things are from the Father. All things are through the Son (1 Cor 8:6).  So, in that needful moment when He becomes the Rock we need, we have taken on something that has already been eternally true. We just have not realized it. And then we take on something of the eternal.

So, when I read Ps 31 for God to BE the Rock we need, He already is, but just has not been realized to us relationally. Oh, I can see that it is going to take all eternity to see Him BE (to us) all that He already is.”

“Oh, God, our Help in ages past, our Hope in years to come; our Shelter from the story blast and our Eternal Home.”

Cathy