1 GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,
AN EVER-PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging. SELAH Psalms 46, Of the Sons of Korah
Psalm 46 is a Reassuring Psalm and the word SELAH, which occurs three times in our Bible is often denoted as ‘Pause and Consider’, or Think About It, Ponder It. Some scriptures are better read slowly and this is a short Psalm of just eleven verses.
10 He says, ‘BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.’
Graham Cooke says, ‘There is NO KNOWING GOD WITHOUT STILLNESS’. Stillness is not common in this world and much less so in today’s fast paced society. Even in church services people are uncomfortable with silence and stillness, what’s the next thing we need to get done so we can move on? Move on to the next conference, get the next word, or whatever, but God says in this psalm take some time out with Me and be still. We can learn and experience things in the Stillness before God that we may never get in any other way.
1 My heart is not proud, Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2 BUT I HAVE STILLED AND QUIETENED MY SOUL,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me. Psalm 131, David
Stillness will not just happen, David, who wrote at least half the psalms, tells us he had to STILL AND QUIETEN HIS SOUL. We have a tremendous blessing as believers, an open door and ready invitation to come before God in Heaven. However, we can only hear, like David, while we’re truly yielded to His Voice. Maybe if we listen more and still our hearts, we’ll enjoy our lives more with Him hear in this time.
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.