What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear? Leaning on the everlasting arms.
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarm;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.
That
song came to mind on my way home from church last Wednesday night. The first and
last verses are very relevant to my present circumstances. I am in a battle right now. Who isn't, right? It seems this battle I'm in--we'll call it "Battle 1" has been going on forever. Then there's "Battle 2," which has been going on for several months. Suddenly this second battle is now raging in full
force. It is starting to look doubtful that this second battle will come out the way I had hoped. Today I started to give in to this
fear after hearing some rumors that were unsettling.
I remembered that in Psalms 138:8 it says "the Lord is perfecting that which concerns me,"
but I also know that He is shaking everything that can be shaken in my life. I
prayed about it on the way to church. In the end, I told Him "Your
Kingdom come, Your will be done in my life." We had a really powerful
worship time; the presence of God was so strong. So I know He is with me; I know He is in control of the situation. All this didn't sneak up on Him. He knows what He is doing,
and I think He just wants me to trust Him.
So on the way home I sang that song, over and over, as a declaration
of faith. I am not going to dread or fear, because He will do what is best for me. I have to trust Him.
He is my only hope.
He alone can calm the storm in my life right now. Actually, the storm
continues to rage, but He has calmed me in the midst of it. "You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You." Isaiah 26:3
When this battle is over, I don't know what will be left
after all the shaking. I know one thing that will remain; Jesus my
Rock. I will be clinging to Him with every fiber in my being.
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