God shatters the spear
Week beginning: 27th October, 2024 | By Hugo Porter | Aldershot
8Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Psalm 46:8-11 (ESV)
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 "Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!"
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Work feels inescapable at times, and our problems seem intractable. I have been sorely tempted in these moments,
- to despair, feeling overpowered or ineffective;
- to self-pity, that I am not good enough to find a solution; and
- to hopelessness, tha