Do you have days when you cannot believe what is happening to this beautiful blue marble known as earth? One day, we think we have seen it all. Nope. Next day, something worse happens. Kinda defeating. We start to dwell on what is bad. We get a bit antsy and nervous. Somebody do something to stop the insanity!
I am at a loss of what to write this morning. Our world seems overwhelmingly crazy and unrecognizable from years past. Our holy God in heaven knew, we would be struggling for answers this morning. Guidance for teaching our children and grandchildren that what they are seeing is not normal. Not the world we had hoped we would leave to them.
I was searching the scriptures and I came upon the passage that is most soothing for those of us troubled by things completely out of our control.
~Thought For Today~
God is speaking to us as if we were sitting down at a counseling session with him. Be still. He knows us and knows us well. Not only is it difficult for us to stop running through our days and nights but we try to talk our way through the new crisis each day seems to bring. A lot of talking is going on, but much of it is self-serving and vain. Our holy God asks us to be still and remember who He is. He is mighty. He is powerful. He is GOD! He also is reminding us that He will be honored by every nation and king on this earth. Every knee will bow. The day is coming when the world will fall to its knees. As Heaven’s armies have walked with God’s people through the ages, they are with us now. We have nothing to fear. The God of Israel has provided us a fortress in Him. Securely held in the shelter of His arms.
He wants us to know this morning, that even though it seems evil is winning…He wins! Keep praying, stay in His word, and continue teaching our children and grandchildren the ways of the Lord. I can rest in that. How about you?
~Scripture For Today~
Psalms 46:10-11
10 “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” 11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. (NASB)
~Prayer For Today~
Hello Father! We hear the voices of many vying for our attention. It is tremendously noisy everywhere we turn. We pray that we can follow Your advice. Be still in You. Stand in the strong tower, the fortress that is You. Listen to the only voice that matters. Forgive us of our sins. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Very timely! I’m sitting here with the volume muted on my TV. The Supreme Court has just ruled that same-sex couples can get married in all fifty states. I know that Texas is already at work to file against it. And they took the flag off the General Lee! What are we to do? Rely on the scripture that promises that God will have the ultimate say.
Amen to that.