Maybe you drifted from God in the past months. It’s not too late. You don’t need a Stay-at-Home order to take time to turn to your Heavenly Father and spend time listening to Him.

Life can suddenly shake. We can go to bed one night and wake the next morning to a pandemic, economic turmoil, political upheaval. It feels as though everything we have is in crisis. But that which is unshakable remains. The kingdom of God, in Christ, remains eternal. Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

While I, too often, act like a sheep, it helps me to remember I am God’s sheep. And like a good shepherd, He will provide for me and guide me. He promises none of His sheep will be lost. We know Jesus’ voice. We are His sheep, and He will lead us out of trouble.

For Christians, this Psalm is even more comforting when we realize God has destroyed the enemies we could never defeat: sin, death, and the power of the devil. Salvation for God’s people has come from Zion, where Jesus cried, “It is finished!” and death lost its sting (1 Cor. 15:55). The worst that can happen to any of us is we die. But death has already been defeated. There is now nothing to dread or be afraid of.

Life is much like this passage. When we are saved by Christ, we are to cut the umbilical cord of the world, but often we are still attached to our worldly ways.

It is hard to not get wrapped up into worrying about our nation and the fear of destruction, but we need to understand this is not ours to worry about. This is not our kingdom.

We should, instead, look to our heavenly kingdom and our heavenly Father. God has everything under control. He is sovereign.

Science says, you cannot be driven by anxiety and live in joy; our brains just won’t allow it. God’s word reinforces this and teaches us.

During these uncertain times, I look at how David found the strength to battle Goliath. He wasn’t a warrior, wasn’t trained, and didn’t have the right tools. He had all of the acceptable excuses to back out, yet he stood firm, trusting that his strength was from the Lord.