In Judah God is known; his name is great in Israel.His abode has been established in Salem,his dwelling place in Zion.There he broke the flashing arrows,the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah-- Psalm 76:1-3
God is known in Judah – in praise, and He abides in Salem –
peace.
You don’t have to read any further.
The last few days have been hectic, calls for
help from every quarter, everybody needing something right now. It is my nature to try and please
everyone. One of the things I say most
often is, “Don’t worry. I will take care of it.” Sometimes I can’t. It might be because there aren’t enough hours
in the day, because I’m not Ironman, or Einstein, or Jesus.
Jesus, however, is Jesus, and His power exceeds that of any
genius or superhero as the oceans exceed a raindrop carried on the breeze. I can, on occasion, evade my enemies and
solve my problems. The hero can win the
battle. Jesus gives us peace.
The Cross destroys all of the enemy’s weapons, and renders
both the adversity and its allies powerless.
Heroes are conquerors. We are
more than conquerors through Him who loves us.
Not on some distant battlefield resplendent with banners and trumpets,
not in the hazy, honeyed realm of heavenly imaginings, but right here,
surrounded by challenges and difficulties, amid our pain and hurt, our anger
and anguish, our suffering and our fears, we are at peace.
In the dust and dirt and decay of everyday life, we speak
the praises of God and make His presence known to our circumstances. As we are pressed, we are at peace. We are in the light, though thick darkness
may obscure the path ahead. As we move forward, the light goes with
us. We are not the Light, but the Light
abides in us, and we in Him, and the darkness cannot overcome us.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed … (2 Corinthians 4:7-9)
