The God Of Jacob Is Our Fortress

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.

He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Psalm 46:1-11

The unpredictability of life is not always so thrilling. We devise and strategize. We make plans, projections, and proposals about what we would like to see happen in life, but often they are little better than our best guess. We have no idea what a day, a week, a month, or a year will bring. So we pray and plan, and then we trust God who knows fully and completely what we can never predict.

Life is unpredictable. There are countless things we can never know with certainty. What we can know, however, is that there is a God who knows all and loves us deeply. And by knowing Him, we can “be still” – we can be in peace.

God’s care is the certainty we take into life’s uncertainties.

Our Daily Bread – August 8, 2015