Psalm 46
"Be still and know that I am God."
(PSALM 46:10)
The sun has set and the breeze is gone. My eyes turn from the Sea of Galilee below and shift to a large boulder on Mount Arbel. There sits Jim, my pastor friend and colleague, a man with years of wisdom. His head is bowed, but I can see large tears running down his cheeks. "What's wrong?" I ask. And he replies, "All my life, I've preached my Jesus from birth to death to life, and now here is His life laid out below me on this living map." The Great Story was coming together and evidencing itself in a smile on my face and great tears on Jim's.
We two brothers pray and give thanks to the Lord for His enduring love. We're renewed in our call to proclaim His salvation once we reach home. I am reminded of the archeologist who once said, "Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four you will find in books and one you will find in the land they call holy. Read the fifth gospel and the world of the four will open to you." Jesus' life and mission were real, in an actual time and place. May they become real for you in a new way this month.
INSIGHT
THIS EASTER SEASON LET'S SIT STILL BEFORE THE WORD IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Numbers 1-2
Psalm 61
John 1
Psalm 46
New International Version (NIV)
Psalm 46[a]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[b] A song.
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.[c]
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[d] with fire.
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.”
11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Footnotes:
a. Psalm 46:1 In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
b. Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term
c. Psalm 46:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.
d. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots
Cross references:
A. Psalm 46:1 : Ps 9:9; 37:39; 61:3; 73:26; 91:2, 9; 142:5; Isa 33:16; Jer 16:19; 17:17; Joel 3:16; Na 1:7
B. Psalm 46:1 : Ps 18:1
C. Psalm 46:1 : Ps 34:18; La 3:57
D. Psalm 46:1 : Ps 18:6; Lk 1:54
E. Psalm 46:1 : S Dt 4:30; Ps 25:17
F. Psalm 46:2 : S Ge 4:7; Ps 3:6
G. Psalm 46:2 : Ps 82:5; Isa 13:13; 24:1, 19, 20; Jer 4:23; Da 11:19; Am 8:14; S Rev 6:14
H. Psalm 46:2 : ver 6; Ps 18:7; 97:5; Isa 54:10; Am 9:5; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5; Hab 3:6
I. Psalm 46:2 : Ex 15:8
J. Psalm 46:3 : Ps 93:3; Isa 17:13; Jer 5:22; Eze 1:24; Rev 19:6
K. Psalm 46:3 : S Job 9:26
L. Psalm 46:3 : S Jdg 5:5
M. Psalm 46:4 : S Ge 2:10; Rev 22:1
N. Psalm 46:4 : S Ps 1:3
O. Psalm 46:4 : Ps 48:1, 8; 87:3; 101:8; Rev 3:12
P. Psalm 46:4 : Ge 14:18
Q. Psalm 46:4 : S 2Sa 15:25
R. Psalm 46:5 : Dt 23:14; S Ps 26:8; Isa 12:6; Zec 2:5
S. Psalm 46:5 : Ps 125:1
T. Psalm 46:5 : S 1Ch 5:20
U. Psalm 46:6 : S Job 12:23
V. Psalm 46:6 : Ps 74:23; Isa 5:30; 17:12
W. Psalm 46:6 : Ps 68:32; 102:22; Isa 13:4, 13; 23:11; Eze 26:18; Mt 4:8
X. Psalm 46:6 : S Ps 29:3; Isa 33:3
Y. Psalm 46:6 : S ver 2
Z. Psalm 46:7 : S 1Sa 1:11
AA. Psalm 46:7 : S Ge 21:22
AB. Psalm 46:7 : S Ps 20:1
AC. Psalm 46:7 : ver 11; Ps 18:2
AD. Psalm 46:8 : Ps 66:5
AE. Psalm 46:8 : Isa 17:9; 64:10; Da 9:26; Lk 21:20
AF. Psalm 46:9 : Isa 2:4
AG. Psalm 46:9 : S Ps 37:15; S Isa 22:6
AH. Psalm 46:9 : Isa 9:5; Eze 39:9; Hos 2:18
AI. Psalm 46:10 : Dt 4:35; 1Ki 18:36, 39; Ps 100:3; Isa 37:16, 20; 43:11; 45:21; Eze 36:23
AJ. Psalm 46:10 : Ps 18:46; Isa 2:11
AK. Psalm 46:11 : S Ps 20:1
AL. Psalm 46:11 : S ver 7
GIVE THEM GRACE
with Elyse Fitzpatrick & Jessica Thompson
There are two ways to live. We all default to control and fear, but by the grace of Jesus Christ it is possible to live by trust and hope. This is a program of powerful encouragement!
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