Calm Steady

We have a friend whose nickname is Shakey.  As best we can determine, he got the name because he was so … excitable.  Yes siree, Shakey could do some sho-nuff-shakin’ when the situation called for it!

Isn’t it interesting how easily Christians tremble?  We can converse with great CERTAINTY of God’s sovereign grace but when the first wave of UNCERETAINTY barrels down on us, we’re [like Shakey] … quite excitable!  I remember watching the taillights of my car as my oldest son took HIS FIRST solo drive; it was MY FIRST time to hyperventilate!  Do we not understand as Job did (14:5) that our “days are determined” by Almighty God?  Shall we not cease from trembling and be satisfied with God’s mercy “that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.” (Psalm 90:14)  Matthew Henry writes, “Our times are in his hands, the powers of nature act under him; in him we live and move. And it is very useful to reflect seriously on the shortness and uncertainty of human life, and the fading nature of all earthly enjoyments.”  My worry and hyperventilating could not add one second more to Danny’s life nor could my denying him the two-mile drive from home alone.  We can shake, rattle, and roll through this life but ultimately we are “upheld by His grace” (Octavius Winslow).  There, in The Lord’s Hand is the calm steady for our days.  Let’s leave it there!