Our Lord the Pillar

Scripture:
When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.
When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars. Selah
Psalm 75:2-3

Observation: This song calls out to God and asks him to tell of his wonderful works, and this is his response. It is a future tense statement about a coming time of judgment, and God is declaring that ... such a time will come, he will treat everyone fairly in that time, but when everyone is scared and concerned about those days he is the one who will provide strength and steadiness. Reflect on that.

Application: The time of judgment is of course upon us, and the inhabitants of the earth shake daily. There is fear, hate, anxiousness, pain, disease, anger, depression ... everywhere. However, the Lord is my foundation. He is the only place in which I ever find peace, rest, comfort, control, strength, joy, and hope. Everyone all around is yelling and fighting - over everything from drugs to immigration practices to race relations to money - yet I have a father who provides a way for me to rest and reflect. In the Lord, I find comfort of every kind, and shelter from the shaking of this world.

Prayer: Father, Abba, I feel like your arms are around me today, and at most times. I do not seek ignorance of the issues of this world, but rather your love as the guidepost and context and comfort through those issues. Thank you for your loving grace, and your fair lordship of this life. Amen.