Ruth 1:1-22; Isaiah 41:1-29; 2 Corinthians 1:1-24
And the Lord said unto me: Amos, what seest thou? And I said, a plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more. Amos 7:8
A plumbline is a fixed standard, to ensure that anything being built is vertical. Whether a post or a wall, the plumbline is the measure of perfection. Society has rejected fixed standards, which is why everything has become so confused and arbitrary. This promise to Israel points to a coming day, when He who is God’s Standard will rule, and the abuses and anxieties of anarchy will be put away. When Christ is in the midst of our assemblies and in our lives, we are delivered from the doubts of our own imperfect standards. —Rick Morse
O safe to the Rock that is higher than I,
My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly. —William O. Cushing