“Be still, then, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:11
Sometimes. Often. I wake up like a grumpy, old dog. I stalk unhappily to the kitchen where I drink my two glasses of water. Grumble, grumble. I am stiff and achy. Grumble. It’s going to be a long day. Things are not working out exactly how I had hoped. Grumble, grumble. Maybe I will just go…
Where can I turn? What are my options? There was a ton of grumbling in John six, oddly enough, after so many miracles, after the feeding of the five thousand, and after Jesus walked on the water. What did the people do? They grumbled. This following Jesus stuff was not exactly what they had hoped for. From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
You do not want to leave, too, do you?
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you are God. You turn us back to the dust and say, “Go back, O child of earth.” For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a watch in the night. You sweep us away like a dream; we fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green and flourishes; in the evening it is dried up and withered. For we consume away in your displeasure; we are afraid because of your wrathful indignation. Our iniquities you have set before you, and our secret sins in the light of your countenance. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Psalm 90
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