Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 51:1 (New International Version)

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and who seek the LORD :
Look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

We all came from somewhere. More to the point, we all came from someone. We all have ancestors. In this verse, God is telling his people to look to their ancestors – Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob. The Jews came from this line – from this quarry.

Today, parents don’t grant salvation to their children. That comes through Christ. Most of us, however, have seen Christ live in someone before us. That someone helped us to see Christ and accept His grace. That someone was cut from the same quarry as ourselves.

In times of doubt, look to those rocks who showed Christ in them. Think of that quarry from which we all the believers were hewn. Claim the same strength and solidity of that rock.