Prayer Focus-Trust in Turmoil

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Focus, we take a look at trust in times of turmoil.

When we look at the headlines of our time, we can be disturbed with anxiety. But if we look to God, we will find a place of security in His grace, which is able to calm our fears.

The writer of Psalm 46 was committed to faith in God through times of fear. He said, “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.”

The short-term future may be unclear, but when God is our refuge and strength, our eternal future looks bright under His leadership. We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Trusting God in times of turmoil is worth examining for a faith-focused life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com