A Sheep of the Shepherd

Robert Doisneau

Psalm 46 Good News Translation (GNT)

God Is with Us[a]

46 God is our shelter and strength,

    always ready to help in times of trouble.

2 So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken

    and mountains fall into the ocean depths;

3 even if the seas roar and rage,

    and the hills are shaken by the violence.

4 There is a river that brings joy to the city of God,

    to the sacred house of the Most High.

5 God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed;

    at early dawn he will come to its aid.

6 Nations are terrified, kingdoms are shaken;

    God thunders, and the earth dissolves.

7 The Lord Almighty is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 Come and see what the Lord has done.

    See what amazing things he has done on earth.

9 He stops wars all over the world;

    he breaks bows, destroys spears,

    and sets shields on fire.

10 “Stop fighting,” he says, “and know that I am God,

    supreme among the nations,

    supreme over the world.”

11 The Lord Almighty is with us;

    the God of Jacob is our refuge.

There will be a day when I will enter my Shepherd's house and at last ask of Him the answers to the things of life that amaze me, confound me, and even frighten me.  Until that day, I have His Word with its wisdom, its promises, and its mysteries.   

It can be a scary world.  Stay close to the Good Shepherd.