God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea (Ps. 46:1, 2).
This is the song of God's people in every time of trouble.
With the key of science human beings have unlocked a few of the secrets of the universe, and as a result terrible fear is now gripping the world--fear of the universe itself, fear of a nuclear cloud. But God is our refuge; therefore we will not fear.
A minister attended a lecture on astronomy, the wonders of God's great creation. He heard of a universe a million light-years away, a universe so vast that our minds sink in contemplation of it. At the close of the lecture a friend said to him, "I feel pretty small tonight."
The minister replied, "I don't. I feel larger than ever." Then he explained that, great as is the universe, God is greater.
Dwight L. Moody's favorite text was Isaiah 12:2: "I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength." He used to say that you can travel first class or second class to heaven. Second class is "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee" (Ps. 56:3). First class is "I will trust, and not be afraid," and that's the better way.
Let us learn to sing this song of trust, for truly "the eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deut. 33:27).
Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, O leave me not alone!
Still support and comfort me.
__Charles Wesley
MEDITATION PRAYER: "How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings" (Ps. 36:7).
This is the song of God's people in every time of trouble.
With the key of science human beings have unlocked a few of the secrets of the universe, and as a result terrible fear is now gripping the world--fear of the universe itself, fear of a nuclear cloud. But God is our refuge; therefore we will not fear.
A minister attended a lecture on astronomy, the wonders of God's great creation. He heard of a universe a million light-years away, a universe so vast that our minds sink in contemplation of it. At the close of the lecture a friend said to him, "I feel pretty small tonight."
The minister replied, "I don't. I feel larger than ever." Then he explained that, great as is the universe, God is greater.
Dwight L. Moody's favorite text was Isaiah 12:2: "I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength." He used to say that you can travel first class or second class to heaven. Second class is "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee" (Ps. 56:3). First class is "I will trust, and not be afraid," and that's the better way.
Let us learn to sing this song of trust, for truly "the eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deut. 33:27).
Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, O leave me not alone!
Still support and comfort me.
__Charles Wesley
MEDITATION PRAYER: "How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings" (Ps. 36:7).
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