God is With Us

 

“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” (Psalms 46:1-3 ESV)

Whatever befalls us, whatever our circumstances, if we belong to Jesus Christ by God-persuaded faith in him, and so we have been crucified with Christ in death to sin, and we have been raised with him to walk in newness of life in him, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness, no longer as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God, then we have no reason to fear whatever may come our way. Our lives are in his hands. And he will carry us through every trial and every tribulation until the very end of time.

[Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Ephesians 4:17-32; Titus 2:11-14; Romans 12:1-2; Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23; Galatians 6:7-8]

And this is especially comforting to us in this day and time when so much of what is going on in our nations and in the world as a whole has gone completely haywire. So much of it makes no sense at all, the things which are happening and that are being done. And lies and liars and manipulations and alterations of truth are everywhere. And it is difficult to know who can be trusted to tell the truth, for it seems as though so many are liars. But we can be still and know that God is God and he has it all handled.

God is With Us

An Original Work / June 11, 2019

Based off Psalm 46

God’s our refuge. He is our strength,

A present help to us when in pain.

Therefore, we will not be afraid,

Although the earth beneath us gives way.

Though the mountains be moved to the sea,

Roaring waters abound so free,

And the mountains now tremble so,

We will not fear, God is near, we know.

God is with us and He makes glad

The hearts of all who to Christ have fled.

Christ is in us, so we’ll not fall

When on our Savior our hearts do call.

God will help us, as mornings arise,

To be faithful to His design.

Nations raging, and tempers flare.

Our God is with us. We know He cares.

Come and see the works of the Lord.

He’s armed for battle with His great sword.

He’s the Word, and He is the Life.

He gives us strength in all of our strife.

Be still and know that He is our God.

He’s exalted where’er He trods.

The Lord Almighty, with us still;

The God of Jacob, our citadel. 

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