God is our refuge and strength, A VERY PRESENT help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear,...Psalm 46:1-2a
Even though I’ve never lost a parent or a child, I’ve been told by those who have, it’s something you never get over. The wife calls out the name of her husband, expecting him to answer, waiting, wondering why he doesn’t. Then she realizes she’s alone, never going to hear his voice again. Parents see children the same age their child would have been and wonder what if. I’ve been told the pain never goes away; life just goes on.
With God, He is a very-present, ever-present, always-there, never-leaving-us-nor-forsaking-us God.
He knows when we sit down or stand up. He knows our thoughts even when we’re far away. He sees us when we travel and when we rest at home. He knows everything we do. He knows what we’re going to say even before we say it. He goes before us and He follows after us as well. He places his hand of blessing on our heads.
If we go up to heaven, He is there. If we go down to the grave, He is there also. If we ride the wings of the morning, if we dwell by the farthest oceans, even there His hand will guide us and His strength will support us. If we ask the darkness to hide us and the light around us to become night—even in darkness we cannot hide from Him. To God the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to Him.
He even made all the delicate, inner parts of our bodies and knit us together in our mother’s wombs… He watched us as we were being formed in utter seclusion, as we were woven together in the dark of the womb. He saw us before we were born. Every day of our lives were recorded in His book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
With all of these things in mind, why should we ever doubt that God is a VERY PRESENT help in times of trouble.
*Scripture modified from the New Living Translation.
Psalm 139
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