Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way, and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Psalm 46:2 (life Application Study Bible)
Jesus Tells Us…There are so many things to worry about. Did you study enough for the big test? Did your friend really mean that? Why can’t you seem to make your parents understand? Worry makes you afraid and anxious. But you have a choice, and it’s a choice that you will have to make a thousand times every day. You must choose whether to trust Me or to worry. Choose to trust Me, and I will trade your fear for My Peace. Every time you choose Me over worry, I will give you even more of My Peace. You will never run out of things to worry about.
Jesus Concludes…Choose to run to Me instead, I will never run out of Peace.
Psalm 46:2; Romans 8:6; Psalm 46:1
Footnotes Psalm 46:1-3 The fear of mountains or cities suddenly crumbling into the sea as the result of an earthquake or a nuclear blast, haunts many people today. But the psalm writer says that even if the world were to end, we need not fear. In the face of utter destruction, the writer expressed a quiet confidence in God’s ability to save us. It seems impossible to consider the end of the world without becoming consumed by fear, but the Bible is clear, God is our refuge, even in the face of total destruction. He is not merely a temporary retreat he is our eternal place of safety and can provide strength in any circumstance.
Passage Romans 8:6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
Footnotes Romans 8:5-6 Paul divides people into two categories, those who are dominated by their sinful nature, and those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit. All of us would be in the first category if Jesus hadn’t offered us a way out. Once we have said yes to Jesus, we will want to continue following him, because his way brings life and peace. Daily we must consciously choose to center our lives on God. Use the Bible to discover God’s guidelines, and then follow them. In every perplexing situation, ask yourself, ‘What does Jesus want me to do’? When the Holy Spirit points out what God wants you to do, do it eagerly.
Passage Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Jesus Tells Us is from the Jesus Calling 365 devotions for kids.
THE WORLD…we see history
In the Word and the World, we see His Story. Abraham
ABRAHAM, CIRCA, 2100-1500 B. C.
In 1635, the great Dutch painter and Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn completed The Sacrifice of Isaac, the famous biblical episode, wherein an angel stays Abraham’s Hand.
Before the rise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the world’s dominant monotheistic religions, it was the rare human who believed in one supreme being rather than in a plurality of gods and goddesses. Today, by contrast, more than half the planet adheres to a one-God theology, with 2 billion Christians, 1.5 billion Muslims and nearly 15 million Jews outnumbering the followers of polytheistic religions. The shared beliefs of these monotheisms include a single god, Adam and Eve, and a common roster of holy ancestors, most importantly, Abraham. His existence is impossible to prove but strenuously asserted in the Hebrew and Christian bibles and the Koran. Abraham (or Abram, as he appears in the earliest citations) was born in the Mesopotamian city of Ur (in the most prominent theory, Ur is Iraq’s Tall al-Muqayyar, lying 200 miles southeast of Baghdad). His were a nomadic people, and Abraham migrated throughout what would become knowns as the Holy Land. As Abraham grew older, he entered into a pact with God and traveled yet farther, forwarding the message of his deity and gaining adherents, eventually earning the status of his name’s meaning: “father of many nations.” His sons Isaac and Ishmael are the patriarchs of the Jewish and Muslim people, respectively. As for Abraham’s place in the Christian world, no less an authority than Saint Paul, in ardent admiration of Abraham’s righteousness and pristine faith, speaks of his as “the father of us all” (Romans 4:16). The great religious sage in the Middle East, and, now, the wider world, started with him, with Abraham. Where it will lead, we still do not know.