The. Lord. Is.

The Lord is. Have you stopped to consider the significance of that 2-letter word? For one, it is present tense. Of course the Lord also was and will be, but sometimes those tenses are easier to accept than the present. Sometimes it is only by faith that we sense and believe that God is, and is active and alive in our lives. That’s where selah comes in. Pause and calmly think “The Lord is.” Let that truth soak through your fears and unrest.

He is—He exists, breaths, continues, endures, thrives, subsists—He lives. He is ever-present and always attentive to us, actively interested in our hopes and desires, disappointments and pain. Look at the picture of the shepherd who is watching a sheep wander away and let these words from Psalm 23 take hold. The shepherd—and the Shepherd—is alert to every sheep in his flock.

The Lord is my Shepherd—He feeds me, protects me, and gives me rest for my body and soul. Nothing I feel or fear changes the fact that the Lord is. That truth is more reliable than my emotions or despair, more trustworthy than any dangers and doubts I face.

Whether I struggle with hardships or watch the trials of friends or dismay over news reports, the fact remains: The Lord is.

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