Earthquakes are happening everywhere! The latest that has caught our attention is Japan, in Sendai, where not only are they reeling from an earthquake but also from a tsunami. Before that there was an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, another one in China, in Indonesia – everywhere around us, all with catastrophic results. We have had news of earthquakes in our country also, but not as bad as what we have been seeing in Japan and New Zealand.
Ask a geologist and he will tell you that earthquakes happen all the time, we just don’t feel them. But It’s the big ones that really bring the worst damage. The thing is there is no way to predict when an earthquake can come. We all have an idea of the effect of a major earthquake. The scary part is that we don’t know when it will strike.
Life is really so uncertain. We don’t know, can’t tell or predict when they will happen. Sometimes all we can do is go through the consequences. And it’s not just earthquakes. It’s the same thing with problems, trials, hardships – we can never tell when they’re going to come. They just do. So how do we prepare ourselves for disasters such as these?
Proverbs 3:25-26 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
Have no fear of sudden disaster. Earthquakes, fires, trouble, trials, hardships – they are sudden disasters. They come suddenly without warning. Are Christians exempted from these? No. But God tells us not to fear them. No matter what this world may bring upon us our hearts should be confident in our Lord.
For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. In the midst of the disaster God is with us. It is His presence that gives us confidence, that no matter what the circumstance we’re going through our Lord is with us, and He will see us through. If I may borrow a line from a Simon and Garfunkel song - “like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down”. God will lay Himself down and see us through. Actually, God has already laid Himself down. All we need to do is trust in Him.
Psalm 32:6-7 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
A mistake that many make is this: the only time they pray is when disaster comes. No, we need to pray while He may be found! And when the mighty waters rise He will be our hiding place, He will protect us from trouble and surround us. Why? Because disaster or no disaster He is our hiding place. We are so used to hiding in Him that no matter what the circumstances may be, good or bad, we are with Him.
Isaiah 43:2-3 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
Yes we may have to pass through the waters and rivers, and we may have to walk through the fire, but God’s promise is I WILL BE WITH YOU. The waters will be there, but they will not sweep over us. We may feel the heat of the fire, but it will not set us ablaze. For the Lord our God is with us.
Life is uncertain. But our God is certain. His promises are certain. We can entrust our life to Him. We should.
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