Quotes about Chaos

So peace is found only in trust, trust of the One who is in careful control of all the things that tend to rob you of your peace. He knows, he understands, he is in control of what appears to be chaos, he is never surprised, he is never confused, he never worries or loses a night's sleep, he never walks off the job to take a rest, he never gets so busy with one thing that he neglects another, and he never plays favorites.

Rather, it was written to tell the Israelites that their God, and not the gods of the other nations, was the chaos tamer, and therefore, this God and this God alone was worthy of worship. And they made this point in ancient terms, using ancient ways of thinking.

Think of it this way: the same wisdom that was with God when God "ordered" creation (Gen. 1) is available to us as we seek to "order" the chaos of our lives.

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.