God is with us

Albert Bogle November 22, 2022 0 4

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Psalm 46 (NRSVA)

1 God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
3 though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble with its tumult.Selah

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
    God will help it when the morning dawns.
6 The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter;
    he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord;
    see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields with fire.
10 ‘Be still, and know that I am God!
    I am exalted among the nations,
    I am exalted in the earth.’
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

When trouble comes we can either see it as standing at ‘the cliff edge of doom’ or we can consider what we face as being on the edge of ‘the precipice of hope’. The writer of Psalm 46 transports us to a place of safety in the midst of catastrophic chaos. No matter what, even if the earth gives way under your feet, God stands with us to keep us from falling.

PRAYER:

Lord,

The edge

Doesn’t feel safe to me

Sometimes I feel I’m about to fall

If only I could fall into hope

Lord,

I’m standing still

You are God

I know

Breathing hope beside me

Lord,

I’m still standing

If I fall

Fall with me into hope

Your river of hope

Lord,

I’m diving into the precipice of hope

Baptise me

Into your laughing river

And raise me to a safe place

Let me hide today in your company