Psalm 42:9 (NKJV) “I will say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Rock is the symbolic significance of stability and unmovable permanence.
Exodus 17:6 (NIV) “I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.”
To call God “my Rock”, means my Saviour. My refresher. My restorer. My deliverer. What better word than “rock” to represent God’s permanence, protection, and enduring faithfulness? When you pray to the Lord your Rock, you are praying to the God who can always be counted on.
Psalm 144:1-2 NIV “Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.”
1 Samuel 2:2 (NIV) “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”
2 Samuel 22:2-4 (NIV) ”He said: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour— from violent people you save me. “I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies.”
Paul Baloche wrote the song “God My Rock” – “When my heart is overwhelmed I will look to You alone. God my rock, God my rock, God my rock. You will stand when others fall. You are faithful through it all. God my rock, God my rock, God my rock. In the blessing, in the pain through it all You’ve never failed me. You are the strength of my heart. You are the strength of my heart. I can rely on You, I can rely on You. You are the joy of my life. You are my song in the night. There is no one as true, Jesus I trust in You. When I’ve struggled to believe You have not let go of me. God my rock, God my rock, God my rock. Carried through the darkest storms. You have held me in Your arms. God my rock God my rock God my rock.”
In Daniel’s visions, he even saw the most powerful prophesied nations of the world (Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome) crushed by a “rock cut out of a mountain.” This rock was, of course, referring to “the Rock,” which is God, who will establish His eternal kingdom over the ruins of all others.
Daniel 2:44-45 (NIV) “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.”
Isaiah 44:8 (NIV) “Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”