Psalm 46: Day 10

Psalm 46: Day 10 of our 10-day devotional journey through the Psalms, you'll gain fresh insights and spiritual strength each morning.  This series encourages you to offer your shortcomings to God, trusting in His ability to turn them into sources of strength and glory. Whether you're a morning go-getter or a lover of the snooze button, these reflections aim to imbue your day with peace and purpose found in His Word. Join us for an enriching experience that promises to renew your spirit and ignite your faith.

Chapters

• 0:19 God's Presence
• 5:24 Trusting God's Sovereignty and Power

Transcript

Julie: 0:19

Kia ora, and welcome to Whispers of Grace, a place for women to be encouraged by God's holy word. I'm your host, julie Colbeth, and I am overjoyed to dig into the Bible with you today. Psalm 46 will end our 10-day journey of encouragement from the Psalms. It's a perfect end because it includes many of the topics that we've focused on. It speaks of God being our refuge, our hiding place of safety and our very present help when we're in trouble. And because of this constant help, we do not need to be afraid. This psalm encourages us to be still and to know that he is God. I pray that as we read through this rich piece of scripture, your soul will soak up all the truth. Psalm 46 was written by the sons of Korah, who were a priestly family that were involved with temple worship. It's entitled God, the refuge of of His People and Conqueror of the Nations. Martin Luther was known to call on this psalm when he was in his greatest distress and say Let us sing the 46th psalm in concert and then let the devil do his worst, and then let the devil do his worst. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. Though its waters roar and be troubled. Though the mountains shake with its swelling, selah, there is a river whose streams shall make glad. The city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High God, is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall help her. Just at the break of dawn, the nations raged, the kingdoms were moved. He uttered his voice. The earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah is our refuge. Selah, come behold the works of the Lord, who has made desolations in the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariot in the fire. Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah, the heart of this psalm reminds us of the amazing power of God. When he utters his voice, the very earth melts. He makes wars cease and breaks the weapons of man with no effort at all, even when the foundations of the earth are broken, mountains crumble and the seas roar, we are safe in our hiding place. Make God your refuge. He's got you.

Julie: 3:54

Verse five says God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall help her just at the break of dawn. This verse reminds us once again that God is constantly with us and because of this we can't be moved outside of his reach. We cannot fall or he can't catch us. We stand steadfast and unshakable because the Lord upholds us, and he often shows up just at the break of dawn, right when things are the worst. He is present. This reminds me of the saying it's always darkest before the dawn. We have unshakable stability in God and we are promised help just at the right time.

Julie: 4:47

Mary and Martha thought that Jesus had made an error, waiting to come to them until their brother Lazarus had died, but Jesus had plans that they couldn't even imagine. He always comes at just the right time. Charles Spurgeon put it this way Man's haste is often folly, but God's apparent delays are ever wise and, when rightly viewed, are no delays at all. God always shows up, but his timing is different than ours. God always shows up, but his timing is different than ours.

Julie: 5:24

Sometimes the things that he allows in our path threaten to shake our trust in him, but we need to remember who it is that we are waiting for. We need to be still and know that he is God. We need to cease from focusing on other things and remember that he is the lover of our souls. We need to stop striving and yield to the truth of God as our provider. We need to be quiet to hear the power of his voice, to experience his character as we patiently wait on him. We need to still the arguing with his process, stop our mouths from opposing his way and simply surrender to the victorious God. When our contrary voices are silenced and surrendered, then we can truly exalt him as God.

Julie: 6:26

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed and the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea, though its waters roar, and be troubled. Though the mountains shake with its swelling, there is a river whose streams shall make glad. The city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High God, is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God shall help her.

Julie: 7:01

Just at the break of dawn, the nations raged, the kingdoms were moved. He uttered his voice and the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Come behold the works of the Lord, who has made desolations in the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariot in the fire. Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Music.