Today is Monday, August 16th, 2004; Karen's Korner #351

Does anyone but me find it ironic that Karen's Korner on Friday, I typed about some recent thoughts I have had about "manmade or natural disasters" in our country, and on Saturday we have a huge hurricane incident in the southeast United States?

 

Does anyone but me, wonder or believe the timing of my writing and thinking and the weather pattern might have been a "God thing"?

 

I say that not because I believe that I am anyone special, but because God is! And He loves to get His messages to His people--you and me, because He loves us and wants to take the best care possible of us!

 

 

A couple of verses from Psalms 46:1 - 6:

 

"God is our refuge and strength, a tested help in times of trouble. And so we need not fear even if the world blows up, and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam; let the mountains tremble!

 

"There is a river of joy flowing through the city of our God--the sacred home of the God above all gods. God himself is living in that city; therefore it stands unmoved despite the turmoil everywhere. He will not delay His help. The nations rant and rave in anger--but when God speaks, the earth melts in submission and kingdoms totter into ruin."

 

Commentary:

 

The fear of mountains or cities suddenly crumbling into the sea by a nuclear blast (or nowadays a terrorist attack! - KW) haunts many people today. But this psalm writer says that even if the world ends, "We need not fear!" Even in the face of utter destruction, he expressed a quiet confidence in God's ability to save him. It seems impossible to face the end of the world without fear, but the Bible is clear--God is our refuge even in the face of total destruction. He is not merely a temporary retreat; he is our eternal refuge and can provide strength even in the face of global destruction.

 

Many great cities have rivers flowing through them; sustaining people's lives and becoming the center of trade. Jerusalem had no river, but it had God who, like a river, sustained the people's lives and was the center of their attention. As long as God lived among the people, the city was invincible. But when the people abandoned Him, God left them, and Jerusalem fell to the Babylonian army.


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