March 19
A beloved child desires no place of comfort above that which he finds in his loving father’s arms. Though the little one may delight in Mommy’s embrace, it is Daddy to whom he looks when he’s frightened and needs to feel sheltered from life’s challenges. When the playground bully threatens, it is his father whose power is invoked.
Grown-ups are a lot like that little child. We, too, desire a place of security when challenges arise in great, swelling waves to engulf us. Whether it is financial ruin in a troubled economy, or personal trauma from a failing relationship, or humiliation because of a professional set-back, we want a place to nestle our head and feel strong arms of protection and comfort and love around us.
Our Heavenly Father understands our desire to lose ourselves and find ourselves in Him when we long for a place of security which only He can provide. Deuteronomy 33:12 says, “Let the beloved of the Lord rest in Him, for He shields them all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders.”
Just like the little child who wants his Daddy’s arms around him when he’s afraid, we are told by our great Father God that His arms are open to us. When our finances collapse like an avalanche upon us, when those we love abandon us, when all our efforts toward success come to nothing, we may find comfort, security, love in Jesus.
As we see the shaking around us--earthquakes, tsunamis, and a threat of radiation exposure emanating from Japan, chaos through much of the Middle East, vitriolic hatred driving some zealots to unthinkable acts of violence against their fellow man--may we take comfort in the One who can calm the tumultuous sea, the One who speaks, "Peace, be still," to the raging storm.
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