Sunday, January 24, 2021
Be Still and Know the God “I
AM"
Psalm 46:10
When we feel incapable or weak in response to even a
perceived threat, the results are the same in our bodies and minds. Anywhere we feel a loss of control,
insecurity or fear can immobilize us. What
can quiet the storm within us and bring confidence in place of insecurity and
boldness in place of fear?
Fear and
resulting insecurity dominate the lives of people today.
The
conditions of today leave us worn-out, short-tempered, distrustful,
anxious, threatened and confused…even desperate and hopeless.
Perceived threats
are just a unsettling as a real threat.
Psalm 46 is a psalm about finding a secure
place in the midst of insecure times.
I. The Declaration of God’s Protection, Power and Presence
·
Of great importance is
the fact that God does not “provide” a refuge but He “is our refuge.”
·
It is imperative to
consider the problems of today in light of the provision of
yesterday to know power and peace.
II. The
Recognition of Personal Vulnerability
·
Destructive Power of Physical
Calamities
·
The Futility and Vanity
of Earthly Powers
·
We become angry when we lose
control.
Men still believe
they can change other men through control which only creates more rebellion.
III. The Peaceful,
Flowing Presence of God
· The peace of a believer does not come apart from the chaos of the world but rests in the eye of the storm.
IV. The Power of
Quiet Surrender
·
We need to find a sanctuary
beside that river of God to experience His person and His purpose
in life.
·
We need to come to the
point in our lives where we relinquish to God whatever others -
or our circumstances - would take from us.
·
GOD hits home in the stillness.
