In years to come most of us will remember where we were sitting and what we were doing when the earth shook on Tuesday morning!
The Psalm that I've included below pretty accurately addresses the state of our world at the moment: Earthquakes, nations in uproar, kingdoms falling, and questions on our part as to whether wars will ever cease!
The Psalm is divided into three parts by the Hebrew word "SELAH". The scholars suggest that this might be a musical direction for a musical interlude, which allows the singers and those listening to reflect on what has just been sung.
When we look at the psalm like this, we get three assurances:
1. God is a refuge when there is chaos and uncertainty in nature.
2. There is a city (the church) where God makes Himself known and even though wars come and go, the city endures because God is with us.
3. We have to learn that God is able to work in the chaos. We are not promised the absence of trouble but we have the assurance that His purposes will triumph. And we (and the wicked war-mongers) must be still for long enough to remember that He is with us and that He will prevail.
Now read the Psalm and let these thoughts wash over your soul!!!
Psalm 46
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
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.
SELAH
8 Come and see the works of the LORD,
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 with fire.
10 "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.
SELAH Psalms46:1-11
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Have a blessed weekend.
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
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