Psalm 46: A Day Late

Bear with me while I get serious for a moment...

 It is no secret, that the lovely Hannah shared her Psalms reading plan with me.
Five per day.
1, 31, 61, 91, 121 on the 1st.
2, 32, 62, 92, 122 on the 2nd.

16, 46, 76, 106, and 136 on the 16th.
Which was yesterday.

This is my third full month through the Psalms.
And they have blessed my heart in incredible ways.
(No, not the southern "bless your heart" is the worst curse ever, kind of ways.)

Real, true blessings from our God above.
The kind of blessing where you see that God IS the blessing.

Being that this is the third month going through the entire book, the pages are starting to wrinkle, highlighter is bleeding though more pages, and notes are popping up in more margins.

I love seeing where I was a month ago, and what struck a chord in my heart.

Yesterday morning I read the day's Psalms, each of them spoke to me.

But specfiically, in Psalm 46, I had a note written to myself, reminding me that in the midst of the craziness of life, God just wants us to be still before Him, to KNOW that He is God.
I don't think he is talking about the brain knowing. He is talking about the heart knowing.

How many times have we heard this verse? Seen it on a card. On a wall. Underlined it in our own Bible.
Probably hundreds of times.

But this morning, I was reminded to read around the verse, to see what the message truly was. The earth is giving way. The waters are roaring and foaming. The mountains are trembling. Nations are raging, kingdoms are tottering.

Do you see the craziness?

The picture painted here is one of tumultuous times.
But God assures us, to be still. To KNOW.
To know that the God of Hosts, the God who is exalted among the earth.
And THAT God is that God that is with us.
Amen.

[God Is Our Fortress]
[TO THE CHOIRMASTER. OF THE SONS OF KORAH. ACCORDING TO ALAMOTH. A SONG.]
    God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present help in trouble.
    Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
    though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
    though its waters roar and foam,
        though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
    There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy habitation of the Most High.
    God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
    The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he utters his voice, the earth melts.
    The LORD of hosts is with us;
        the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
    Come, behold the works of the LORD,
    how he has brought desolations on the earth.
    He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the chariots with fire.
    “Be still, and know that I am God.
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth!”
    The LORD of hosts is with us;
        the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
(Psalm 46:0-11 ESV)


Linking up a day late with Jami: