The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 46:1-3,
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."
I read in Luke 21 where Jesus was asked about the signs that will accompany his return to earth after his death, burial, resurrection and ascension. It is an event many of us anticipate as a certainty, just as Jesus Christ's first visit was a certainty. In Luke 21:25-28 he says, "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."
I can't help but see the writer of psalm 46 had an event in mind as what Jesus described in Luke. For some, the events of the last days stand ahead of them as something to dread - for good cause. For those who have not embraced Jesus Christ as their savior, the second coming is described as a terrible dark day, a day of gloom. In Zephaniah 1:14-15 we read, "The great day of the Lord is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry. That day will be a day of wrath— a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness..."
However, for those of us who have embraced the Lord in faith, we view it much differently. Jesus told us, "At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." The reason for this is what I see in Psalm 46. We have nothing to fear! God is our refuge in the midst of this great upheaval. God is our strength, God is our ever-present help in trouble! As the psalmist says, "we will not fear". Even if the earth gives way, even if the mountains fall into the sea!
As the psalmist goes on to say, "The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress."
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
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