Flint is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of mineral quartz. Resistant to weathering, flint is a hard stone that is not easily broken. When it is broken, it breaks and chips into sharp-edged pieces, making it a hard and useful stone historically used in the making of tools and weapons. When struck, it sparks enough to start a fire.
Flint was a primary and important material used during the Stone Age. Its importance to mankind’s survival during this period cannot be underestimated. People traveled long distances to obtain the stone. It was also used for many years as trading “currency.”
Flint is found in several different colors—dark grey, black, green, white, reddish brown, red, pink, blue, and a marbled combination of any of these—and can have either a waxy or glossy appearance. Its origin remains shrouded in uncertainty.
Source: wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint
There is a lot of information about flint on the internet. However, almost every source I consulted talked about flint having existed for millions of years, flint fields found in Jurassic or Cretaceous beds, and flint mining started in the Paleolithic period. You get the idea.
So, I want us to look at the one time the Bible uses flint as a metaphor.
“For the Lord God will help Me; therefore will I not be disgraced; therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.” Isaiah 50:7
This is a description of Jesus’ unwavering determination to persevere in the excruciating task set before Him.
Flint is used here to express the steadfastness of our resolve to complete the work both in our own lives and the lives of all that the Lord brings into our path; a determination to follow God’s will and carry out His commands no matter what, a hardening of resolution and courage against all opposition.
“Never let your courage fail. Never talk unbelief because appearances are against you. …
“Put your trust in God. Pray much, and believe. Trusting, hoping, believing, holding fast the hand of Infinite Power, you will be more than conquerors.
“True workers walk and work by faith. …
“Work in faith … . Pray in faith, and the mystery of His providence will bring its answer. At times, it may seem that you cannot succeed. But work and believe, putting into your efforts faith, hope, and courage. After doing what you can, wait for the Lord, declaring His faithfulness, and He will bring His word to pass. Wait, not in fretful anxiety, but in undaunted faith and unshaken trust.
“If God be for us, who can be against us?” Testimonies, Vol. 7, 244, 245
May we always say with Paul, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? …
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35, 38, 39
Keep your face set like flint.