The waters wear the stones:
thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth;
and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:
thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
Hard stones are worn away by living water.
The steady, repetitious flow of water erodes its rock-hard confidence. That which was formed by liquid fire is deformed by liquid clouds. So the hope of man, a mere mist, vanishes in the heat of the rising sun. The energy and beauty of youth gives way to entropy and dismay. The hope of eternal life in this life is taken away twenty-fours at a time. The hope of man cannot withstand the rule of rust and decay. It devours the hopes and dreams of men.
Yet, in Christ, our cardiovascular crusts are worn away by living waters. Stoney surfaces began to gush with water in arid, barren places. Bread descends and life begins. The steady hand of God gives hope to the one who looks not to his own kingdom, but to God's. The kingdom of God prevails like leaven through the loaf, like water over the rocks. It wins. It holds out. It remains. It flows forever. It sustains while everything else eventually gives way to it.
It conquers either by converting its captives to Christ or by crushing them, but nothing will escape His rule and reign. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Christ is King and Lord of all creation. Yet some knees will hit the earth in faith and hope and will delight at the sight of His coming; while others will hit the ground in disbelief and despair and will become undone by His doing.
Yet, in Christ, our cardiovascular crusts are worn away by living waters. Stoney surfaces began to gush with water in arid, barren places. Bread descends and life begins. The steady hand of God gives hope to the one who looks not to his own kingdom, but to God's. The kingdom of God prevails like leaven through the loaf, like water over the rocks. It wins. It holds out. It remains. It flows forever. It sustains while everything else eventually gives way to it.
It conquers either by converting its captives to Christ or by crushing them, but nothing will escape His rule and reign. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Christ is King and Lord of all creation. Yet some knees will hit the earth in faith and hope and will delight at the sight of His coming; while others will hit the ground in disbelief and despair and will become undone by His doing.
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