This morning, Psalm 46 was read over me, and it was exactly what I needed to hear.
Recent events have been sort of difficult for my wife and I. And I often find my heart filled with heaviness and anxiety and confusion. The things that I thought were pretty certain have turned out to be rather uncertain and shaky.
So when the eternal, unchanging words of God found in Psalm 46 washed over me this morning, it hit me hard. It didn't change anything, but it changed everything, if you know what I mean.
It says in the first 3 verses,
I have a lot of mountains in my life - things that I see as secure and constant. And I have lots of oceans in my life, too - things that hold me up and carry me along. And I tend to rely on these a lot...like humans do. But the reality is that there is nothing as secure and constant as my God. When my mountains begin to tremble and my oceans begin to roar and rage, I will not be shaken because God is my refuge.
So today, everything changed...even though nothing changed. My mountains and my oceans are moved, but my God is not. And because of that I have a new perspective. I don't see the storm and the clouds anymore. I see the extremely great potential for God to show how great he really is. Because when I actually live out Psalm 46:10, I realize that God is glorified in a greater way when I am still and let him do his thing.
Recent events have been sort of difficult for my wife and I. And I often find my heart filled with heaviness and anxiety and confusion. The things that I thought were pretty certain have turned out to be rather uncertain and shaky.
It says in the first 3 verses,
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should change, and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride." (NASB)It reminded me that there are only two things that are constant in this life: God and trouble. And when God is our constant, there is no amount of trouble that can shake us.
I have a lot of mountains in my life - things that I see as secure and constant. And I have lots of oceans in my life, too - things that hold me up and carry me along. And I tend to rely on these a lot...like humans do. But the reality is that there is nothing as secure and constant as my God. When my mountains begin to tremble and my oceans begin to roar and rage, I will not be shaken because God is my refuge.
So today, everything changed...even though nothing changed. My mountains and my oceans are moved, but my God is not. And because of that I have a new perspective. I don't see the storm and the clouds anymore. I see the extremely great potential for God to show how great he really is. Because when I actually live out Psalm 46:10, I realize that God is glorified in a greater way when I am still and let him do his thing."Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." (NASB)
