A ROCKY FOUNDATION

                        Fish sometimes leap out of the water with great energy, but it would be foolish to conclude that they have left the liquid element for ever; in a moment they are swimming again as if they had never forsaken the stream; indeed it was but a fly that tempted them aloft, or a sudden freak: the water is still their home, sweet home. When temptations arose after the death of Stephen, Phillip fled to Samaria. The land that was dominated by forces of darkness! There was a certain man called Simon, who practiced sorcery in the city. Simon had astonished the people of Samaria for a long time. His influence was extensive; the least to the greatest were paying attention to him. Simon's satanic sorcery successfully saturated all levels of the society (Acts 8:4-11). Simon was doing miracles by satanic power. Yet, the Samaritans wrongly assumed that he had r...

  In his book Anthony de Mello tells the story of an elephant and a rat.  ‘An elephant was enjoying a leisurely dip in a jungle pool when a rat came up to the pool and insisted that the elephant get out. “I won’t,” said the elephant. “I insist you get out this minute,” said the rat. “Why?” asked the elephant. “I shall tell you that only after you’re out of the pool,” replied the rat. “Then I won’t get out,” said the elephant. Finally, curiosity got the best of the elephant and he lumbered out of the pool, stood dripping in front of the rat, and said, “Now then, why did you want me to get out of the pool?”  The rat replied, “to see if you were wearing my bathing suit.” An elephant will sooner fit into the bathing suit of a rat than God will fit into our limited notions of God. When Moses asked to see God’s glory (Exod. 33:18-19) , the Lord did not give him a vision of heaven (Rev.4), rather, he gave Moses propositional statements about His own attributes ;”the L...

                                       In the center of Main Street in Alabama, stands one of the strangest monuments in the world. It's a memorial to an insect! Nicely carved in stone is the image of a boll weevil. In the early days almost everyone in the community grew cotton. But as the years rolled on, a serious weevil infested the area. As a result, it became almost impossible for the crop to reach maturity. George Washington Carver and the scientists became deeply concerned about the situation. Intensive studies began to see if any substitute crop could be grown in that part of the country. Raising peanuts was the answer. In time, cotton gins were forgotten in that region, and it became known as the peanut center of the world. Soon the farmers' profits far exceeded what they had earned from their best cotton yield. The destructive insect they had feared had actually triggered th...