Day 5: Psalms 46:10
10 He says, “Be still, and know
that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the
earth.”
In the wake of the horrific
tragedies from the shooting spree in Aurora, Colorado tonight, I am not going
to write a devotion. Instead I am going
to cling to a verse that will remind us of truth, in a time when, every one of
us can feel the effects of this tragedy.
It could have been any theater.
This is something that could have happened anywhere. And because of that commonality, we all feel
so connected to the shock and sadness that is sweeping across that normally quiet
city. The tragedy is evidence of
unexplained evil. It is in times such as
this that we truly must truly just be still and KNOW that He IS God! Hold fast to the Holy One. Please pray with me!
Father, we come before you
tonight with little to offer in words.
As the images and news unfolded today of this tragedy in Colorado, our
hearts grow heavy for those we don’t even know, as we try to process and fathom
just a shred of what they must be experiencing.
It is truly evil Father that has hit their community and the devastation
will last for years and years. In the
madness and senselessness of it all, it is natural to begin to try to find
meaning in a meaningless pain, but none can be found. This seems to hold no value from our
view. So God, though I write from a
place that doesn’t know a single person in that tragedy personally in any way,
I feel grief for them as if I do. Evil
is in this world, and Father it has hit hard in Aurora. Those that have lost loved ones haven’t even
begun to process, Father. Their shock
has taken over and it will be some time before their reality sinks in. Those that are victims that have survived
have only just begun the healing that will take probably a lifetime, well
beyond the physical wounds. So when I
don’t know what else to say or what else to do, I hold tightly to Psalms
46:10. Tonight Father, we fall on our
knees together to be still and KNOW that You ARE God. Your name will be exalted among the nations
and in the earth… even when evil is trying in vicious fury to say otherwise….
God we still cry out knowing, even in the midst of the deepest tragedies, You
ARE Holy. Hold them Father! Comfort them Jesus as only You can. And we will be still and wait to see that
even in such as this, You CAN be found.
Amen.
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