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RADICAL LOVE

“In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human

intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.”
(Psalm 31:20, NIV)

“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and
surround me with songs of deliverance.” (Psalm 32:7, NIV)

Did you know that the author of the preceding text, King David, spent
most of his exiled life hidden by God in the strongholds of En Gedi?

These strongholds were caves. This particular area is full of them, and
it is pretty feasible to view a cave as a cleft in a rock. The only reason

for David’s safety—and we do well to remember that Saul’s army was

five times bigger than David’s—is that he remained hidden in Christ,
his Rock.

It is from this Rock alone that our life-source flows.

Exodus 17:1–7 describes the water coming from the rock, and Job 29:6
talks about oil pouring from the rock.

Were you also aware, that as the Israelites left Egypt, the Rock
accompanied them?

Look at these words from 1 Corinthians 10:3–4 (NIV):

“They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual

drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them,

and that rock was Christ.”

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