Who Ya Gonna Call?

           My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. (Psalm 62:7)

          Crisis. The government needs to do something! Crisis. You need to do something! Crisis. I need to do something. I’ve noted before that when we’re in pain, angry, or afraid, our focus tends to shrink to the size of the pain, anger, or fear. Included in that focus is the god to whom we look for salvation, honor, and refuge. Oh, we may also ask God for help, but our more immediate god for the solution is the one we really look to, whether it’s the government or ourselves.

          Some folks may respond that sitting around waiting for God to do something when we can and should be doing something ourselves is stupid. The old “our thoughts and prayers are with you” garbage is just that – garbage. But that’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is the automatic response to a crisis being to look to the government, or to look to other people or to ourselves as our salvation, or hope, our mighty rock, and our refuge.

          In other words, I’m saying that when the going gets tough, God should be at the top of our “Who ya gonna call?” list, not the bottom.