Siku 1
Zaburi 46:1-11
Somo la Maandiko(ESV)
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.
6The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Tafakari ya leo
Katikati ya usumbufu, Mungu anajidekeza kuwa mahali pa usalama wetu na nguvu zetu—msaada unaokuwepo kila wakati katika matatizo. Msumari hutoa picha zenye mwonekano wa hali zenye kutetemeka dunia, lakini anafunga moyo wetu kwa ukweli usiotengana: Mungu yuko nasi. Maneno "Sitikisiki na jua kwamba mimi ni Mungu" si taswira tupu lakini kauli yenye nguvu ya kumwalika tuache juhudi zetu zenye mharaka na kupumzika katika ujumbe wake. Wakati changamoto zikijisikia kuwa nyingi sana, pseali inatukaribisha Mungu sio mbali naye naye wote hawaoni. Ni Mungu Mwenyewe—Mungu anayekuwa nasi—akifanya kazi hata tunapokuwa hatuwezi kuona mkono wake. Bwana wa Jeshi ni ngome yetu, mnara wenye nguvu ambayo tunaweza kukimbia tukakatae usalama. Leo, tahadhari yeyote unayokabili, kumbuka kwamba Mungu anayeamuru mataifa na anayodhibiti hasira ya asili ni Mungu mmoja ambaye anakukamatia kwa karibu. Taaluma yako ya sasa, bila kujali ni kawa gani, huwezi kutenganisha kutoka kwa ulinzi wake.
Tafakari
Ni changamoto gani mahsusi katika maisha yako inayojisikia kuwa 'tetemeko' leo, na jinsi gani Mungu anaweza kukualika 'kusitikisika' katika uwepo wake?
Mwongozo wa sala
Mwombe Mungu akusamehe kukaramu uwepo wake kama usalama wako na nguvu zako, na mulika kumkamatia moyo wako na matukio yako kwa amani...
Je, ungependa kufuatilia maendeleo yako na kupata mipango binafsi?
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