Psalm 46:2-3 “Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah”
How many different threats can frighten us? Physical danger, financial loss, illnesses and deaths of loved ones, job losses, loss of major possessions such as homes, vehicles, etc.-all these things can leave us tossing and turning at night. But somehow, we must survive and continue with our lives.
Now the psalmist is describing scenes that are even more frightening-earthquakes and mudslides with mountains falling into the sea, making sea waters roar and foam.
As I am writing this, we have missionary friends who are pioneering a new work in a central African country after being forced to close a well-run mission hospital somewhere else. Our friends are facing all kinds of challenges: will the government and the Ministry of Health support their efforts? Will they have to build new structures before opening the hospital? Will their previous donors be willing to support this new facility? Will they be able to recruit quality staff? Will local people patronize this new facility? Will they be able to keep this hospital supplied with equipment and medical consumables?
Another friend was the Head of the IRS Division of a thriving company in Memphis, TN…until the morning he went to work and was confronted with a choice: Move to Chicago along with the company headquarters, or take early retirement. Our friend went in as a worker in the morning and came home that night a retiree.
Reading this psalm is like sitting with a wise elder who can reassure us, no matter how horrible the stresses that are threatening us. It has been said that throughout the Bible there are more 365 “do not fear” verses in the Bible, one for each day of the year. Now these verses reassure us that even when earthquakes and floods remodel the landscape, even when our lives fall apart, we don’t have to worry, for God remains our shelter and our refuge.
May God help us, so that we will continue to trust Him, no matter how chaotic our lives become.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and caring for us. Lord, help us to trust You, even when things appear to be falling apart. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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