A very present help in trouble

Psalm 46

God is Our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though
The earth should change.

Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its
swelling pride.

There is a city whose streams make
Glad the city of God.
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her,
She will not be moved:
God will help her when the morning dawns.

The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered:
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us:
The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Come behold the works of the Lord,
Who has wrought desolations in the earth.
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns chariots with fire.

"Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I
will be exalted in the earth."

The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Tonight I am tired. I have not slept well lately because I let my mind think too much and trust to little. In short I am, like Jacob, a schemer. I keep looking for the ways to score the advantage, to take care of things, and to figure out how to get the blessing.

But guess what? I don't sleep. That doesn't sound or feel very much like peace to me.

So hear is what I must remember and here is what I must do. I must cease my striving and know that when the Lord says, "I am God" He means it. When he says he is an ever present help in trouble, I must take him at his word and trust in his help.

I must do as this psalm says and not fear, even though everything else in my life may be in a state of flux. I must know he is the constant. He is the one who not only causes the storms to be silent, but also makes the wars in my mind and personality to cease.