A psalm from the Korahites, Martin Luther said this was the basis for his famous “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” hymn, but there are also more recent songs from it. This and the next two seem to form a trilogy on the same impetus. While most scholars guess it was a particular historical event, nothing in the trio offers sufficient specifics to identify.
We are left awe-struck at the soaring praise.
God is our shelter from threats and the reason we boast. He’s always between us and trouble. Even in the earth itself should be our trouble, we have nothing to fear. Instead of crashing waves, we have a sweet stream of clear water in the place where God instructed us to meet with Him. And who could roust Him from where He chooses to be found? He wastes no time, but at first light brings His mighty deliverance.
The psalmist makes a blunt statement that human politics are subject to God’s whims. The whole world could assemble together as one, but He still shuffles things around as He sees fit. At His command, the earth itself would melt under their feet. Stop and think just Who this God is we are talking about. This is the one who defeated armies by His own miracles when they could otherwise have overwhelmed Israel.
And He can simply stop all wars, too. He could humble the whole human race at His feet; someday He will. Nothing and no one in this Creation resists the power of the Creator. And when you serve this God, when your actions reflect His revealed character and His will, His heavenly army has your back.
