Bible Verse of the Day Monday January 10th 2022

Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

Though the author of this Psalm is not known, some believe that King Hezekiah wrote it after God delivered Israel from Sennacherib. When he was going through some trial or tribulation, Martin Luther would call for the singing of the 46th Psalm. He would say, "Let us sing the forty-sixth psalm in concert, and then let the devil do his worst." He later composed a hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is our God," through the inspiration of this Psalm. Many Psalms start with some particular disaster or catastrophe that they or the people around them might be going through. This Psalm begins with God's shelter and strength. 

There was a provision in the Mosaic Law for a City of Refuge (Psalm 46:1) so that if someone was involved in an unintentional death, they could be protected until the leaders could hear the case. The tribe of Levi was not given any country as their inheritance. Instead, they were to be the administrators of the Tabernacle and its ceremonies, rituals, and furnishings. God gave the Levites forty-eight cities, six designated to be a City of Refuge (Numbers 35:6-7). These cities were Kedesh, Shechem, Hebron, Bezer, Romath, and Golan (Joshua 20:7-8).

The writer of this Psalm talks about God being their refuge as these cities were a refuge to the fugitives in Israel. These cities of refuge symbolized Christ since a sinner will find shelter in Christ Jesus from our enemy, Satan, who will continuously pursue us (Hebrews 6:18). There is not a power in the universe, nor has there ever been or will ever be, stronger than God. We, as His children, are under the umbrella of His protection from all evil whose shadow might cover our way. 

We may have a mission to accomplish for God, a battle to fight against our enemy Satan or have some suffering or tribulation that we are facing. In any case, God is our strength to bear up under any distress, misery, or anguish. He will fit us with the armor needed to engage in any conflict and prepare us for any work He calls us to do. God is not an idea or conception for us to consider when needed. God is real. He is not in some elusive place far away, He is here with us, and we can draw near to Him, and He will draw near to us. He does not put us on hold, to be dealt with later; he is here right now, Ever-present. 

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