As I write, my area in the south is
under an unprecedented tropical storm warning and what’s left of Irma is making
the pine trees in my front yard increasingly frazzled. Here’s praying they are
still standing tomorrow.
The hotels in our town are full of cars with
Florida license plates and folks who don’t know what they’re going back to in
the next few days.
A lot of uncertainty.
In these times, we hold on to what we
know is certain.
“God is our refuge and strength an ever
present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).
This commentary on Psalm 46:1 says, God
is “a
help accommodated to every case . . . whatever it is, He is a very present
help; we cannot desire a better help, nor shall ever find the like in any
creature.”
Matthew Henry writes this: “God is our refuge just now, in the
immediate present, as truly as when David penned the word. God alone is our all
in all. All other refuges are refuges of lies, all other strength is weakness,
for power belongeth unto God: but as God is all sufficient, our defense and
might are equal to all emergencies.”
Max Lucado in
reflecting on 9/11(the anniversary of which is today as I write), “This world
can be tough on a soul. Yours needs an anchor: a double pointed cast iron
hooking point that is sturdier than the storm. Storms still rage . . . God never
promised a life with no storms. But He did promise to meet us in the midst of
them.”
So friends, wherever
you are and whatever you are facing, you “cannot desire a better help” for God
is “equal to all emergencies.” In any storm or its aftermath God has promised, “to
meet us in the midst of them.”
Praying for all those
recovering from Irma.
Please consider a donation to Samaritan's Purse to help with hurricane relief HERE.
Please consider a donation to Samaritan's Purse to help with hurricane relief HERE.