Here’s the thing about sandstone: sand.
Yes, that’s right. Sand is the problem with sandstone. Take a knife to it, and you can whittle layers of sand right off.
Scratch your name into it. Carve it. Get it wet and see how brittle it becomes.
It is sedimentary rock, layers of sand pressed together until they stick. Use it for coping around a saltwater swimming pool, and the acid and the salt in the water can eat away at the sandstone.
Just. Like. That.
The best stone is a good granite, densely packed and nearly impervious to moisture and wear. When’s the last time you heard someone brag about their new sandstone kitchen countertops? NEVER, that’s when. It’s not permanent enough to do the job.
Our relationship with God must be made from granite. No sandstone allowed. All trust, full stop. We turn to him in prayer and fully trust him to care for us.
Psalm 125:1 says:
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.”
Mount Zion isn’t a mountain but rather a fortress that later came to mean God’s people and the land they occupied. The First Temple eventually claimed the name, and today we reference the Temple Mount, a walled compound in Old Jerusalem.
Here’s what’s important about Mount Zion: It endures even as it adapts to God’s changing plan. It is the granite of God’s promises to his people. It is our assurance that what God has promised us in prayer will be done, if only we place our full trust in him.
God desires us to chip away the sandstone of the world to uncover the granite of his love for us.
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