Dear Friends,

In Isaiah 26:4, we read, “Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.” What reassuring words we have from Isaiah. Trust in the Lord forever, He is everlasting. And what did Christ Jesus say to Peter? You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church. So here we are 2000 years later, all Christians, in all our congregations, worshiping Christ Jesus our Savior.

Comforting to know, we have a Savior, our Lord, sturdy, secure, and forever. He is with us and for us. It’s not that He wants anything from us, He wants all good things for us. Just as He told Peter, nothing can stand against my Church not even the gates of hell or legions of demons, or all the evils of this world or the dreadful pandemic we all face; nothing at all can shake His Church from its foundation on the Rock.

He didn’t ask us to love Him, have trust and faith in Him before He met His passion on the Cross. He knew the trials we would face, the troubles we would endure and the doubts we would have, but He went to the Cross, He did it anyway. He trusted in His Father. Christ Jesus held tight to what had been and what would be, an everlasting covenant, one with His Father and one with us. Our triune God has never changed and will never change. As sure as the Rock, the Rock of faith, trust, love, and hope stands now in His Church.