Scroggie points out that,'Psalm 46 is a Psalm for every time of trouble',it commences with these wonderful words,' God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble',then he goes unto elaborate,'Therefore we will not fear,if the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,though the mountains tremble at its swelling'.Michael Wilcock comments 'Fears increase; yesterday it was the nuclear winter, today it is global warming, tomorrow it will be some newly discovered threat from our unquiet earth.Does faith increase to cope with them?'. It is thought that the Psalm was written at the time of King Hezekiah,when the Assyrian army were besieging Jerusalem they had a vast army,but God intervened and delivered the city and the land.(Isaiah 36-37)so many times God delivered His people from powerful armies and nations,He has not changed, He is the God who rules, He makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth,v 9.And so God declares,'Be still and know that I am God', ( v 10) In many places the Church is under attack,God will preserve His church rest assured of that.In our own personal lives there are many things that can threaten us and cause us to fear,hear those words again, 'Be still and know that I am God'.
'Be still my soul,thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as He has the past,
Thy hope ,thy confidence, let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul, the waves and wind still know
His voice Who ruled them while He dwelt below'
Words K A.D. Von Schlegel
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