Psalm 46: 1-2

I am once again deviating from writing about Job because I’ve also been doing a bible study conducted by my church. Today’s reading was Psalm 46:1-2 and it’s too good not to share. Here’s what it says:

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.”

I read a bible that has commentary by Charles F. Stanley and he commented on these verses with this, “On some days, we may feel as if our world has been shaken and everything we depend upon has slipped into the heart of the sea…sometimes the Lord will allow all of our earthly security to fail us so that we will learn to depend on Him better.”

This speaks to me. I’m blessed enough to still technically have a job, but right now all over the world, the “earth is being removed and the mountains are being carried [away].” That’s how I felt when the governor announced that we wouldn’t be going back to school- like my foundation had been ripped from me. This shows me that my foundation was in the wrong place. I don’t know about the whole world, but through this quarantine, God is teaching me to build my foundation upon Him alone. I often found fulfillment in being busy. Well, I’m not going to work, my masters thesis is completed, and the city is closed. I have nothing to be busy with anymore so I must turn to the Lord to find my fulfillment. No matter what our earthly circumstances are, if we are in God’s embrace and rely wholly on Him, we will be fulfilled, safe, content- even when the earth seems to be falling away from us.

I pray to trust wholly in the Lord- I release all of my needs to the One in control. I will not fear my circumstances, but I will find strength in the Lord and rather than having an earthly foundation, I will make Him my foundation. God, I repent for relying on earthly things for fulfillment, which only You can provide. Thank you for your conviction and forgiveness. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.