+DEV+ Our Ever-Present Help

Date: October 14, 2009 9:32 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Our Ever-Present Help

Our Ever-Present Help

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear....The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.” (Psalm 46;1-2, 11)
Scripture Focus: Psalm 46

Our hearts yearn for a life without trouble, but God does not guarantee that. What He does promise is that He will be our refuge and strength while we are experiencing trouble. When we learn to count on His promise, we will not be gripped by terror even in time of disaster.

Services we depend on—telephone, electricity, water, fire and police protection—may all fail. One resource remains untouched by catastrophe: God. Nothing can cut us off from Him.

The psalm-writer describes the worst: natural disasters on land and sea, international crisis of war and political upheavals. Even when the catastrophe is beyond human intervention, and we are surrounded by total chaos and devastation, God is there. His promise is not that He will come when we call on Him in desperation, but that He is already there even as the disaster strikes. And He is there, not as an onlooker nor even as a compassionate rescue-worker. He is there to be our personal and secure refuge and strength.

Insight: We don’t need to wait for disaster to strike before we count on God to be our ever-present help. He is our refuge today.

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