Witnessing Rocks

And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.” Joshua 24:27

Imagine traveling through the Holy Land and coming upon a particularly talkative rock. Too difficult? Maybe we could instead imagine a rock as a really good listener. That's easy enough for rocks in general don't seem to do much but listen, and maybe get in the way now and then. In the case we read about Joshua today, he made a rock stand as a witness to the people of Israel. Joshua said that this rock had heard all that the Lord had spoken to the people. A good listener indeed!

Joshua also said this rock shall be a witness. This brings to mind that time when the Pharisees tried to get Jesus to rebuke His disciples, who it seems were making a bit of noise about Him. The Pharisees wanted the Lord to shut them up. Jesus said that if He did the stones would immediately cry out. Do you suppose those Pharisees would have believed even then? No doubt they remembered the story of Joshua at some point. If witnessing rocks can't convince a person that Jesus is the Lord, then I don't see much hope for that person.

So, from all of us and the rocks, "Jesus is Lord!"

Bucky