Let Nothing Move You...

I Corinthians 15:

50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
    O death, where is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

The people of God were being shaken.  They were beginning to see their loved ones pass away.  Where was God in all this?  Sometimes life does that to us. We get hit with the effects of the curse of the fall, including death, and we want to let go, get blown away, and give up.  Paul reminds us to step back and see the big picture, then to stand firm in our faith - as the NIV puts it in verse 58: "Let nothing move you..."  So whatever hits you in the face today, stand strong, keep on keeping on, trust in the power of Christ to see you through.