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Be Still And Know

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SCRIPTURE

“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” - Psalm 46:10

 

OBSERVATION

To be still before God is to “come and behold the works of the LORD” (v.8). The context of Psalm 46 is not beholding his works in my personal life but his work as the God of the earth ruling over the nations. Being still is to take refuge and strength in God in times of trouble and contemplate on His sovereignty in the affairs of nations. When we are still and know God as he is we come to the truth that He alone will be exalted among the nations and in the earth.

 

APPLICATION

With all the unrest that is going on in the world I need to be still and know God. No matter the volatility in the Middle East and Russia or the turbulent danger from North Korea God will be exalted among the nations. Think of the world super powers that have come and gone, the empires that have risen and fallen—yet the kingdom of God still reigns, rules and is advancing. Even as powerful and mighty as America is, it’s still not even 500 years old and there’s no guarantee it’ll make it that long. No matter what happens in the world—“though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam,” God reigns!

 

PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

Please help me to be still. Help me know from my head to my heart that you are God reigning over the nations. You see every act of injustice, hear every cry of oppression and are moved by every tear of suffering in the world. Continue to let your kingdom come and your will be done. Maranatha!

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Teach Me Your Way

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SCRIPTURE

“Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.” - Psalm 86:11

 

OBSERVATION

David opens this chapter by confessing of his spiritual poverty and need for God’s guidance. He continues to rely on God’s leading in v. 11 by asking God to teach him His ways. Why God’s ways not David’s own ways? Proverbs 14:12 answers that, “there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” We can whole hearted and sincere in our ways yet be sincerely wrong leading to death. David continues by stating the purpose of his request i.e. that he may live and walk in God’s truth. He then asks God to unite his heart to fear God’s name. The irony of David being a man after God’s own heart is that even his heart is divided. Our hearts are divided by doubt, fear, anxiety, selfishness.

 

APPLICATION

Every hour I need God. I need his guidance and direction so that I can live in the reality of truth. Confess that my heart gets divided and fragmented by doubt and fear and ask God to unite it in order to fear the living God.

 

PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

I love you. May I always recognize my need for you so that not even an hour passes without acknowledging how dependent I am of your sovereignty. As the leader of my home and your church I need you to teach me your way and walk in your truth. Give me courage to walk out in your truth. I repent from a divided heart of doubt, fear and anxiety. Unite my heart of faith, confidence and resolve. I love you. Maranatha.

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