“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress,... my high tower." Psa. 18:22The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalm 18:2).PSA 18:22The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalm 18:2)
IN order to realize the thought here presented, let us fancy an isolated pyramidical rock, in the midst of a plain, near the summit of which is a fortress, and again above that, on the top of the rock, a high tower. Thus, according to Psa. 18:22The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalm 18:2), we have three things, A ROCK, A FORTRESS, A HIGH TOWER, the last two of which are reached by a flight of steps, halfway outside, half inside the rock, so that one wishing to get to the tower must pass through the rock and the fortress.
As to the truth taught by this image, observe, that inside the ROCK we, redeemed as we are by the blood of the Lamb, are perfectly safe: but the Lord is not satisfied with safety merely for us; He would have us realize and rejoice in all that is ours. He, in His tender love to His people, would have them to know their eternal security, their unspeakable blessedness; and so He next calls them up into the FORTRESS, and then above that again into the HIGH TOWER; from which elevation they may look down on the world, and on all things therein, which naturally would fill them with terror. Thus the rock shows us our blessed standing in Christ, while the fortress and high tower point to our experience, to the confidence and joy of one who is perfectly happy in Him.