The constant stream of bad news can make the world feel like it's unraveling. These verses offer a different vantage point.
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“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.”
Psalm 46:1-2 (KJV)
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I am have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 (KJV)“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:7 (KJV)Psalm 46:1-2 was written for exactly the kind of world the news describes — earth being removed, mountains collapsing into the sea. The psalmist wasn't writing from a stable, peaceful moment. He was writing from chaos, and choosing not to fear on the basis of who God is, not what the situation looked like. Jesus said in the world there will be tribulation, without qualification. The peace He offers isn't the peace of a calm world — it's the peace of an overcoming one.