PSALM
16
Keep
me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
I
keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be
shaken.
—Psalm
16:1, 8 NIV
Scrolling social media can make you feel
like you’re swinging from left wing to right and back again, barely hanging
on. I read a lengthy post warning that if the U.S. military sets foot on Greenland, the remaining UN member states will be obligated to band
together against the United States. Immediately following was a post
admonishing us Canadians to stand with the United States because if it goes
down, we go down.
As an author of novels set during World War II, I think of the days when 18-year-olds were drafted. I try to imagine my grandson and his friends being called up. It seems unfathomable today. How would they respond? Would they lay aside the war games on their screens to fight a real one? Would they even care enough about their country to fight? Who are we relying on to protect us? Oh, how quickly one’s thoughts can turn to chaos, fear, and anxiety.
I closed my phone and turned to my scripture
for the day. The words that met me in the sixteenth psalm felt like a balm of
truth. Only one true source of safety exists. I recalled missionaries stating,
“The safest place on earth is in the center of God’s will.” Regardless of what’s
going on around us—wars, rumors of war, threats, disasters, violence, disease, deprivation—the
truth stands. Keeping our eyes on the Lord is our only real refuge. It will
never fail.
Action Step: Next time you feel yourself becoming anxious about the news or warnings on social media, try unplugging and focusing on God’s Word.
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