“A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Now He’s not only King, you see. He’s a Savior King. He bore the winds and the tempest of the judgment of sin for us. And He’s a Rock for our protection today. And He was set before us, you remember, back in Isaiah 26:4 as the Rock of Ages. And this is another aspect of His ministry under the figure of the Rock. He is a place of hiding today.
Get ready to fight the good fight against legalism in Galatians. When this letter was written, it defended the gospel of Christ from people who wanted to reduce it to rules. Not surprising, Galatians has provided the backbone for several great spiritual revivals around the world. Freedom, we learn, is a serious fight. Allow grace to revolutionize your own life through these seven lessons from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.