Psalm 46:1-2a Monday

GOD IS OUR REFUGE and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear...Psalm 46:1, 2a NKJV

Psalm 46 was the scriptural catalyst for Martin Luther's great hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is our God." It extols the adequacy of God in facing threats from nature and the nations. God indeed protects His people upon the earth from the unstable environment of Nature and the unstable environment of the Nations. I thought it appropriate to use this psalm since there is so much doubt as to where our country is headed. As a nation, are we one nation under God or not? And should we be afraid of our president and newly appointed political leaders? This psalm reassures us we should not.

Please read all eleven verses to get the context, which puts verses one and two in perspective.

1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Even though the earth vanishes and mountains move or shake or totter or slip, (both being symbols of stability) do not fear the instability of nature or the nation(s) because of the transcendent stability of God.