God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.Psalm 46
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
What do we do when we are scared?
Where do we run to?
Who do we go to?
Are we running to something/someone or away from something/someone?
Who or what do we turn to when things go wrong?
When we are in trouble?
When we are distressed?
When the storms are raging and chaos and turmoil are surrounding us trying to pull us in?
Where and who is our Sanctuary? Where even in the worst storms and in situations worse than we can possible imagine we can feel at peace, in safety and loved.
God is our Sanctuary. God is with us and protecting us all the time. When trouble strikes turn to God. He is our umbrella through the storm and our torch in the darkness. God is our strength and refuge. Our Sanctuary. Our safe place. In Him we are truly loved, safe and at peace no matter what.
War whispers and shouts until fear creeps in.
A Poem on Psalm 46 by D.S. Chapman
Disease festers, rages, grows like cancer
till all attention strays, drums beat faster,
thoughts cloud, the earth burns, and still we all sin.
God stands above the riots and the din.
He sits and writes; we shout about the news.
His city floats aloof; he enters in
the fray unarmed and breaks our guns in two.
Come, Behold the works of the God made man,
come with your rage and all your restless fear
and in his stillness learn to shed a tear
from him who wept and weeps but took a stand.
Be still and know that he is God alone.
His work is done; he sits upon his throne.
