Thoughts for another day

Nov. 28, 2013.

Today's verse: Ps. 46:1. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

How rich in God are the psalms in the Bible touching the heart of the reader and quelling the storms of fear and doubt; bringing courage in its wake and new strength to face the day, no matter what it brings, for truly, God is our refuge and strength; He is a very present help in difficulty and distress.  Those of us who’ve lived adult lives will vouch for the fact that there’re trials galore in the Christian life and many challenges are thrust at us intending our fall and destruction.  How strong are the winds of the earth which only seek to fell the weak and destroy the helpless for in doing that, are the men of the world considered powerful! 

Thus the poor and hard-up man is subject to intense suffering and misery, for his destruction is the sole aim of the rich and powerful.  He’s subject to various miseries: E.g. the food he eats becomes scarcer and scarcer as the rich raise prices and he can’t afford it.  He’s often uprooted from his own house because the rich lent him money and he isn’t able to pay back the paltry sum and according to an oral agreement, he’s to be ousted.  He accepts it in meek surrender for he’s too weak to fight.  If he doesn’t have a house, he can never buy one for the rich ensure that housing is beyond his reach as they invest in real estate and falsely inflate prices so they can get more than what they invested.  Good education for his children is impossible for good schools charge the sky as fees; so his children must be satisfied with the mediocre schools they go to.  His clothing is a single pair of whatever he wears for he must decide between clothes and food and food is necessary so he relies on the torn and tired garment he has worn for as long as he remembers.

Does he get respect?  Well, what should he be respected for and in any case why should anyone even seek his opinion, seeing that in worldly terms, he’s useless.  His sole occupation is to ensure that enough food falls into the bellies of his family.  He may have a tremendous I.Q., but it’s wasted and never known; he could be very talented, but never discovered.  But each night, between His tears, he makes supplications to His Maker and tells Him of all his travails and the Maker silently nods and grants Him good sleep.  Somehow, the man manages to work and find food, even if not much, and despite all his struggle, he sleeps fitfully and is happy with his family.  In all this he knows, God is his Refuge and Strength and He has learnt that God is always present and helpful.  In that is he glad and life continues, for his Maker never lets him down.