Foundation of My Hope

Another song that I came across recently that describes so aptly the foundation of my faith:

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When tears are stilled, when strivings ceased
My comforter, my all in all,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.


In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
Fulness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.


There in the ground his body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave he rose again,
And as he stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am his and he is mine-
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.


No guilt in life, no fear in death,
There is the power of Christ in me.
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from his hand.
Till he returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

(Keith Getty & Stuart Townend; 2001 Thankyou Music)

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In today's modern age of technology and information, the gospel truth may seemed old fashioned or out of time. We are proud in our own ability and almost everything is at our finger tips, or rather at the mouse's click. If you need a holiday, a flight, a hotel or even food shopping,....just google it. If you need to know about any piece of trivia info, just look up wikipedia. Google Earth has even allowed us to zoom in to an area of interest. Nothing is impossible. Interestingly, I found out today that the meaning of the name of Lucifer means "I will". The fall of Lucifer, God's most beautiful angel was his pride. He thought he could be like God. Has our pride in our own "intelligence" caused us to reject the Deity of Christ? We may not think that we are God, but is it now fashionable to say that Christ was just a man? Are we not as guilty as Lucifer?

And yet, we have never needed Christ more. We are wealthier ( and not necessarily healthier), and better off in virtually every area of our life; and yet society is further than ever from God. As for me, the words of another song sums it up, "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand".