Like Money Cannot Buy
Monday, June 26, 2023
The Water and Sand May Go On,
But We Will All Die!
So What To Do Today?
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
Words of Grace For Today
God knows life throws some pretty tough curve balls at us. For many it doesn’t matter how we swing at ‘em, we ain’t going to hit ‘em. Even the balls we manage to hit seem to be pop flies, or snagged in the outfield by some swift-footed crook – ooppps, I mean fielder.
This has not been different for as long as humans can remember time through writings and stories told.
How then is the Psalmist able to write “Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil?”
How is Paul able to write, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed?”
Many people of all time have sought solace from the incoming bombs and disasters of life, by accumulating wealth and using it.
But let me ask you, “Do you really think you will be happier after you spend money on something?”
Yes, sure, you can go out and buy a ‘bomb shelter’ to protect you from the nuclear war going on outside your doors, but it won’t do a thing to save your life when the nuclear bombs start exploding, no matter how far away they are or how deep your shelter is built.
Spending money on bomb shelters and anything else to protect ourselves is almost all mere illusion and delusion. Death is coming and it will get us all, no matter what we do.
The only real way to deal with the ‘bombs’ of life is, as the Psalmist notes, to recognize that God is with us, and that God protects us as we need to be protected … not as we would like to be, but as God knows we need to be.
With that we can face each day, assured and resilient. God will have God’s way with us.
And that can be exhilarating but it need not be filled with fear.
Take a breath. Trust that God walks with us. And onward ….