Midweek Devotion: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Passage: Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.
6 The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD;
see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end 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 am exalted among the nations,
I am exalted in the earth.’
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Devotion: The Foundation of our Peace
This was the Psalm that we turned to at the beginning of ‘lockdown’ and today we return to it as we continue our journey through the Psalms.
In Psalm 46 God commands a rebellious world to cease its warfare, and its rejection of Him, and to acknowledge that He alone is in charge, not us as individuals, nor governments with their passing power.
‘Be still’ He says ‘and know that I am God’ (46:10a). It’s like He’s saying ‘I am God, I’m in charge, not you.’
They are words which are so similar to Jesus’ when He calmed the storm on Lake Galilee: ‘Peace. Be still’ (Mark 4:39). He said them, and then there was ‘a great calm’ (5:39).
Both ‘Be still and know that I am God’ and ‘Peace, be still’ are statements from God that each of us need to take to heart.
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