WHAT MOVES YOU?

The frigid waters around Greenland contain countless icebergs. Sometimes the smaller ice floes move in one direction while their massive counterparts flow in another. The explanation is simple. Surface winds drive the little ones, but deep ocean currents carry the huge masses. When we face trials and tragedies, our lives are subject to two forces—surface winds and ocean currents. The winds represent everything changeable, unpredictable, and distressing. But there is another force that’s even more powerful. It is the sure movement of God’s wise and sovereign purposes, the deep flow of His unchanging love. The psalmist Asaph, buffeted by thoughts of the prosperity of the wicked, gained the divine perspective when he went into the sanctuary to be alone with God (Psalm 73:17). Job faced his calamities by affirming, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15). And the apostle Paul, realizing that he had been "crucified with Christ," was convinced that the Lord Jesus was living in him. He could therefore say, "we are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed" (2 Corinthians 4:8).

Although the surface winds of trial become severe, we need not be alarmed. If we trust the Lord, the deep currents of His love and wisdom will carry us peacefully.

Underneath the restless surface of each trial that comes in life flow the Savior’s love and power—they can calm our inner strife.