I Will Not Be Shaken

 

 

Ps 16:8

 

8 I have set the Lord  always before me.

Because he is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.

NIV

 

I find the beginning  of this verse a little odd.  I  mean, truly, who can "set" the Lord anywhere?  He is vast, timeless, ageless, uncontainable...Where will  you "set" such an entity?

But truth is, we each choose what we will do with the Lord.  Will we accept or repel Him?  Will we lift Him up in our own hearts?  Will we magnify or diminish Him?  No matter what we "do" with Him, it will not change Him one iota.  What his placement changes, is us. If we set Him before us, it means that we follow behind Him.  It indicates that we choose to place Him in the central place in our lives.

People cannot change the Almighty no matter what they  do.  He is God.  But if  we choose not to acknowledge Him, we limit the benefits that we enjoy based on our relationship with  Him.

Here, David reflects on the fact that he will not be shaken.  I don't know about you, but there are times in life, that I feel the earth rumble under my feet.  Trembling begins at my feet and begins to tiptoe its way up to my knees.  But I cannot be utterly shaken, because my feet are firmly planted on the rock which is Christ Jesus.  He is the perfect foundation  on which to build any house.  This foundation is firm and secure.  This foundation meets all safety  requirements for outlasting a storm,  even of hurricane proportions, regardless of the category.  This Rock will not be moved.  Not by fear.  Not by lack.  Not by an uncertain future.  Not by unrelenting stress.

David acknowledged that the Lord was at his right hand.  Not in the sense that God was his right-hand man who carries out his bidding.  Rather, here, being at the right hand signified His position of honor, authority, and strength.  As we set Him in his rightful place, our life begins to come into a place of equilibrium and balance.

Are you out of balance today? Are you afraid that you will be shaken?  Cling to the Rock  which will sustain and protect you!

O, Lord, I need you to undergird me.  Make my steps firms.  Protect me from falling or failing.  Establish my  steps.  I need you to be God in my life, because I am  over my head without you.  In Jesus' Name.  Amen.