Psalm 90

To describe our world as chaotic is an understatement.  Elections are upcoming in which most people I have spoken to believe neither choice is a positive one.  We watch them fight and blame each other for the next month until the day that we elect a president that most people will not want.  In the midst of this at least once a week we hear of another shooting in which race is made an issue.  There are riots and unrest and this is becoming more and more local.  There are natural disasters that destroy homes and lives.  We are addicted to a media cycle of bad news and though we do not want to admit it, we nonetheless wait with baited breath for the next bomb to drop. 

This kind of chaos needs an injection of truth.  Psalm 90 is the vaccine.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were born
Or you gave birth to the earth and the world
Even from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Think of the truth of this psalm.  We too often place our trust and hope in the condition of our country, in the world around us and we are made uncomfortable when this world does not provide the comfort we are looking for.  Perhaps God is calling us back to the true Source of comfort - found only in Himself.

While the mountains shake and tremble (for some figuratively, and some very literally) the psalmist reminds us that before there were mountains at all, God was and was God before the world existed.  God is God, has been God, and will continue to be God. 

And that provides comfort.  And peace.  And hope.  And joy.  And all that our world seemingly seems to be lacking.  We find these things because we focus our attention not on the world that is falling apart around us, but we focus on the God who is holding all things together.  We focus not on the chaos, but on the Creator.  We focus not on sinners, but on their Savior.  And in doing so, in correcting our focus, we find what we have been looking for - the peace that passes understanding.

I pray that you will turn to God through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and find peace today!