What’s your high-wire act?
You know, the thing that’s so dangerous that you can’t do it … except that YOU ARE!
Raising three children alone after your SPOUSE ABANDONED YOU?
Striking out into a new field after LOSING YOUR JOB?
Leaving behind your family when your spouse is CALLED TO THE MISSION FIELD?
It’s tough. It’s lonely. Trust is shattered, and that’s the most difficult challenge in life. How can we stand when the ground under our feet has shifted in an earthquake of unimaginable proportions?
Psalm 46:1-3 can begin to build a new tradition of trust through our renewed relationship with God.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah.”
Let’s look at a few words in this passage. “Refuge” and “strength.” How about this: “help in trouble.”
“We WILL NOT FEAR though the EARTH GIVES WAY.”
It doesn’t matter if the mountains crash into the sea, or if the “waters roar and foam.”
Even if “THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE,” we can trust in the Lord!
Now, let’s look at one last word: Selah. This word may seem a tacked-on afterthought, but NO! This is vital to this passage!
SELAH! This word means ROCK in Hebrew. It means STOP AND LISTEN! Pay attention because THIS IS VITAL!
It’s vital for us to know that GOD IS OUR REFUGE. He is our STRENGTH! We can trust in him because he will always be there for us.
Anytime. Anywhere. When we are abandoned. When our job prospects seem dim. When we are pulled away from everything we love. When our trust has been shattered.
God is our tradition of trust. Your high-wire act? With God at your side, you’ve got this! Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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