Tune: FINLANDIA (Sibelius)
Confident hope. What a wonderful state of being. Think on that for a moment.
You and I as followers of the Lamb have a place of great stability. Our faith system is built upon such the deep-reaching piers; our foundation is secure. Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
Yet all kinds of forces from without and within are out to make us tremble… yea, even tremor. These forces are not ‘of God,’ you understand; they are instead of the Evil One who is out to shake us loose from the branch… to earthquake us in two… to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
It is up to us to reinforce the impenetrable mighty fortress… the bulwark never failing. We do that every time we avoid the sin that so easily besets us… when we stand firm against all adversaries… those that attack from the outside and those which lurk deep inside us.
With all the confidence we can muster, let us not lose hope in order that our faith may not be jiggled about, much less shaken loose. THAT is the message from this hymnline, and it is a message worth hearing, remembering and relying upon.
Using the "Drop-Cover-Hold On" admonition from the earthquake drill:
- Drop to your knees.
- Cover yourself in prayer, recalling all that stored-up scripture you’ve memorized.
- Hold on to the nail-scarred hand.
The next time you feel the earth move under your feet, steady thyself! If you don’t, it will only get worse.
Hear Amy Grant Sing This Hymn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsreL-9PbEI
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