Know that God is 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

“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

    the holy habitation of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;

    God will help her when morning dawns.

The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;

    he utters his voice, the earth melts.

The Lord of hosts is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

“Come, behold the works of the Lord,

    how he has brought desolations on the earth.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

    he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

    he burns the chariots with fire.

‘Be still, and know that I am God.

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth!’

The Lord of hosts is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah” (Psalms 46:1-11 ESV)

If you live on this planet called “earth,” which all of us do, and if you pay close attention at all to what is going on in the world around us, you should be able to connect the words in this passage of Scripture with what is happening in our current world. And this isn’t speaking just in literal terms, such as of earthquakes and tornadoes and such, but it is speaking, as well, in figurative language, of our world in a state of disaster morally, mentally, spiritually, and politically, which is impacting people’s lives in many different ways, most especially in ways which are against Christ and his word.

For we are living in the last days before the return of Christ, and the longer things continue on this earth, the worse they become. And yet, if our trust is in Jesus Christ, and we are living in moral purity and uprightness and in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, and not in sin, God is our refuge and our strength, and he will help us and he will get us through these times of trouble on the earth before he takes us home to be with him for eternity. So, we are not to fear what is going to happen and what will happen to us, for the Lord will be our strength so that we can endure.

But this requires that we remain faithful to the Lord and that we keep our trust in him and that we do not cave to peer pressure and that we do not reject the ways of God to join in with the world. For temptations abound everywhere for us to do as the world does in order to be accepted by the world. But we aren’t on this earth to be accepted by the world but in order to win the world to genuine God-fearing faith in Jesus Christ – a faith which dies with Christ to sin and is raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but now as slaves to righteousness.

For many liars and deceivers are living among us, and these include our government heads, our news media, heads of organizations, famous people, pastors of “churches,” and our fellow humans. And some of you reading this may be among them. For deception abounds everywhere we look these days. So many things are being faked and altered and misconstrued. And misimpressions is one of the big ways in which lies are being told, because they are indirect lies and they are harder to prove. So, before we go believing anyone, we should pray for wisdom and discernment.

But we will not be discerning and we will not have the wisdom of God in these matters if God/Christ is not truly Lord (Master) of our lives, and if we are going our own way, doing our own thing, instead. For we cannot be Christ-minded if we are worldly minded, and if our minds and hearts are set on the things of this sinful world and not on the Lord and his word and on walks of obedience to his commands in holy living. And we will not be discerning if we are giving way to fear of what other humans are doing, too. So we need to be still, and know that God is God, and he will win this battle.

[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

For Our Nation  

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

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