Focus and Hold Fast

While life-drama happens, most of us can do without the drama! While we love to read David's psalms of peacefully quiet times, he had a lot of less-than-peaceful days during his lifetime. Psalm 2 speaks of periods of time when kings and rulers raged and plotted against the Godly. By the way, that could be today's headlines! This psalm proclaims The Messiah, God's only Son (Jesus) installed in Zion, the holy mountain, Who has been given [by God] the nations and the very ends of the earth (V.6-8). "You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware." (V.9). In these days when fear and despair threaten to upend us, let us do as is commanded: "Worship the LORD with reverence and rejoice with trembling. Do homage to The Son that He not become angry, and you perish in the way ... How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!" (V.11-12). Really, spiritual peace and rest is a matter of focus and discipline; setting aside those things which draw us away from The Father and diminish Christ [in us]; it is embracing and holding fast to The Rock, The Refuge, The Strong Tower, The Deliverer. Focus and hold fast.