There's this rock...

A friend of mine showed me the prototype of a product she's thinking of making as a side business. It's a rock with a message engraved in it. When I first saw it, it wasn't finished yet, but I saw enough to know I loved it immediately. It reminded me of the verse that talks about the rocks crying out in praise to Jesus if the people didn't do it.

A week later, I was able to buy the finished rock at an auction our church held as a fundraiser. I didn't even know that there was going to be a live auction, or that the rock was one of the items. But as soon as I heard our lovely auctioneer mention the rock her friend had made, I knew exactly which rock she was talking about, and also knew that I was supposed to have it and that I would spare no expense to make it my own. $35 later, I had this precious rock in my hands. I consider it a gift from God. He gave me the money, the power to earn the money, the love for the rock and the ears to hear His voice through it.

God speaks to me through this piece of the earth. He made it, probably hundreds-if not thousands-of years ago. It reminds me that everything that exists was created to bring glory and honor to Him, and that we are just a small part of the tapestry He is weaving in the fabric of time.

Then, at the right time, He moved through a person, by inspiring her and planting a vision within her, to pick up this rock and mold it and shape it so that it would proclaim the message it was designed to proclaim, and thus fulfill its purpose.

What is the message it was designed to proclaim? This: “It’s all God.”

We’re all familiar with the expression, “It’s all good.” And it is all good. But even more, it’s all God. Not that the rock or any other created matter is God, but that He created it, He holds the atoms and the molecules together by His power, and He gives meaning to its existence and it exists for His glory. In the same way, He created us and holds us together and gives us meaning and we exist to bring glory to Him. And everything that happens anywhere in the universe and beyond, no matter what it looks like or feels like, is either caused by Him or allowed by Him for a very good reason.

That’s what “It’s all God” means to me. As my fingers trace over these beautiful words etched in stone, I delight in the truth and beauty of our amazing Father God, and His peace overwhelms me.