Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Psalm 46:1-7 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
BUT FOR US FIGHTS THE VALIANT ONE
For if the cause of the church were to depend on the counsel, power, and will of man, the devil would soon subvert and overthrow it with his power. God help us as He has helped our ancestors and will also help our descendants to the praise and honor of His divine name throughout eternity! For we are, after all, not the sort of people who could sustain the church. Nor were our forefathers; nor will our descendants be such. But the Lord has done it, is doing it now, and will do it. He says: I am with you until the end of the world (Matt. 28: 20), as is written Heb. 13: 8: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever," and Rev. 1: 4: He was, He is, He will be. Yes, that is His name; and it is the name of no other Man; nor should it be.
- From "What Luther Says" by Ewald M. Plass
