When Charlie Brown said, “I got a rock,” it was about disappointment — everyone else got candy, but he got the hard thing. Yet the gospel flips that around: the Rock is the gift.
Scripture calls the Rock the foundation of faith — the stone the builders rejected that became the cornerstone (Psalm 118:22).
Paul said, “The Rock was Christ” (1 Cor. 10:4). To the world, it may seem like getting a rock instead of candy — not what we asked for, not what feels rewarding in the moment. But that Rock is the only thing that lasts when everything else melts away.
And I’ll be honest — I like to look under every rock. There’s always something living underneath: stories forgotten, truths buried, roots still clinging to the soil. Every overturned stone reminds me that revelation often hides beneath what others discard.
So yes, Jesus is the Rock — firm, faithful, and sometimes heavy to carry. Charlie Brown got a rock — a picture of how grace can come disguised as loss. And I like to Rock — because once you’ve stood on something solid, you can’t dance on sand anymore.
