At Break of Day

Welcome back to the blog! I’m so thankful God brought you here today! This time we’ve spent together has been so exciting already, and I know there are so many more blessings on the way. This is now the third week of the blog I hesitated to start, and I’m so grateful I did. God is moving in ways I never expected. This space allows me to slow down in my busy life and reconnect to God’s promises and His never-failing love. I pray that checking in and reading every week brings you the same stillness and comfort.

This week, I want to dive into the section of scripture that gave my blog its name: At Break of Day. Today, we’ll spend time in Psalm 46. This psalm was written during a time when God’s people faced extreme danger, war, and invasion. They were surrounded by chaos, and their powerful enemies were closing in. Their world as they knew it seemed ready to fall apart.

And it’s right in the middle of that fear and uncertainty that the psalm opens with this reminder of who God is:

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

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 46:1-3

Do you ever feel like your world is a second away from breaking? That you’re holding on by a thread? That your problems are getting too big to handle? That you can’t go any further?

I do.

I didn’t start this blog because I made it through all my problems, and I’m now living a perfect life with a clear direction. I started this blog because I’m a young woman who is still learning, still struggling, and still walking with God one shaky step at a time. I write from the middle of the storm, not the other side of it. There are many days I wake up feeling like the earth is giving way from underneath my feet and everything is crumbling. There are days I feel life pressing me on all sides, and I’m powerless to stop it.

But in my weakness and the weakness of this world, God is strong.

This small part of the Bible is one of the most powerful reminders that nothing can shake our foundation in Him.

The picture the psalmist paints is awe-inspiring and terrifying. Picture the solid ground under your feet suddenly shaking and splitting apart. The earth groans and heaves. Mountains begin to shatter. Massive pieces of rock tumble and crash as they collapse into the sea below. What once felt immovable and everlasting is reduced to dust. The sky rings with the sound of chaos, and waves rise up to consume everything that once stood solid. The world you’ve always known– everything that was familiar and safe– is gone in an instant, swallowed by a force greater than you can even imagine.

To me, that sounds like the end of the world.

Maybe that’s how you feel when life rages around you and it feels like everything is coming at you from every direction. When the things you trusted start to give way. When the relationships you leaned on fail. When the plans you built your life on fall apart right in front of you. When your anxiety roars and your fear is louder than your peace.

Maybe you feel like your world is ending.

Even in that moment, God is there. And here comes the promise that changes everything: Psalm 46:5– the central verse to this blog:

God is within her, she will not fall;

God will help her at break of day.

This promise wasn’t just for God’s city of Israel. This promise is for me and you. God is holding us steady, no matter what happens all around us. He meets us in the middle of the chaos. He doesn’t wait until you feel like you have it all together.

And the morning comes. The break of day. The light chases away the shadows. The warmth of a new day replaces the cold of the night. Hope rises with the sun, and the world slowly wakes to new blessings. And the dawn always comes, no matter how endless the night seems.

The break of day isn’t just a time on a clock; it’s a reminder that no night lasts forever, no storm will overtake us, and no fear is stronger than our God.

Our God is in the morning. He is the gentle, unstoppable force that draws us out of our darkness, confusion, loneliness, depression, and fear. Our uncertainty is met with His presence. When we wake, we find God giving us the strength we never knew we had so that we can fight another day.

And with His strength, with His unfailing love, you will not fall.

You are held by a God who is bigger than mountains, bigger than oceans, and bigger than any problem you will ever face.

It will get hard, trust me. I’m there right now. But I know this uncertainty, this stress, and this confusion will not break me down. The morning will come, and God’s love will still be true.

So tomorrow morning, when you wake up, remember this: the world may shake, but you will not fall. Not because you are unshakeable, but because He is.

Take a deep breath.

Let in the new light.

And let God help you at break of day. 🩷