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Be Still And Know
John Danganan“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
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.
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!
