Day 256: Psalm 46:2-3

"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." ~Psalm 46:2-3, NIV

These verses are the second half of an implied if/then statement. If this or that happens, therefore we will not fear. It's not if/then as and English statement, however, but it's a Mathematical if/then implication.

Because in math, when you say "if", you really mean, in English terms, "when". When ax^2+bx+c = 0, then delta always is equal to -4ac, x1 is always equal to -b plus the square root of delta divided by 2a. x2 is always equal to -b minus the square root of delta divided by 2a.

In Math, if/then is a law. In English, it's a conditional. The first verse says God is our refuge and strength. If God = our very present help, then when the earth divides by 0, we won't fear. Because we believe God to be all-powerful and all-loving, we won't fear when the earth shatters beneath our feet.

It can be a simple law of nature, to not fear because of who God is, but we're quite rather human and it doesn't work that way. Therefore implies a choice. Because we know this, therefore we will act on this knowledge. We will choose to believe what we know.

Everyday it always comes down to this - will you believe God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving? And if you do, will you act in relation to that belief? If you do, there is nothing to fear in the whole world.