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Unto Thee will I cry O Lord my Rock, be not silent to me,
\nlest if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
\nPsalm 28:1<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is a song that we sing; one verse of the words are “Rock of Ages, cleft for me; Let me hide myself in Thee! Let the water and the blood from Thy wounded side which flowed; Be of sin the double cure… save from wrath and make me pure.”<\/p>\n

The composer of this song had a revelation that, on our own, we cannot hide from anything except that Christ Jesus is involved.\u00a0\u00a0 For us to be covered from all unrighteousness we need Christ to cover us up for He arose on the third day for<\/em> our righteousness. When faced with challenges of this world let us not focus on the problem; rather be focused on Christ Who is our ever-present help in time of need.<\/p>\n

We need to understand the following: the power<\/strong>\u2014the rule<\/strong>\u2014the principle of prioritization<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We need to understand the above types of prioritization.\u00a0 Since without understanding them we will perish for we will walk without direction. Exodus 33:15 says “…and he said unto Him, if Thy Presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.”<\/p>\n

Moses understood the power\/rule\/principle of prioritizing<\/em><\/strong>. What is it that we prioritize in this day to day life? The Bible says “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness and all the things shall be added unto you.” This is part of prioritizing<\/em><\/strong>. Since Christ is our Rock, let us not make Him redundant or declare Him redundant when we lose focus ourselves.\u00a0 We are not seeking His face so that<\/span> all things should be added to us.\u00a0 We need to invite Him into \u00a0all aspects of our lives. Be it at our workplace, be it at school, etc. \u00a0If we focus on Him as a Rock where we can hide ourselves, we will excel in this life since He will not remain silent when we cry to Him.\u00a0 He will hear and open the flood gates of heaven.\u00a0 He will open the windows of heaven and pour out such a blessing that we will have not enough room to contain it.<\/p>\n

Christ in us is the Hope of glory; hence He is the Rock of Ages.<\/p>\n

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Father, we thank You for You are our Rock where You hide us when we call.\u00a0 All our attitudes are hidden in You, our unrighteousness is hidden in You just because of Your love which is unconditional.\u00a0 May Your name be glorified and be magnified!\u00a0\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name I pray.\u00a0 Amen!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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