Today's Featured Psalm
Psalm 46

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To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song.

1 God is our refuge and strength,
   a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
   though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
   though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

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 her; she shall not be moved;
   God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
   he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
   how he has brought desolations 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 chariots with fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
   the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Scripture taken from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm Devotional
Our Sovereign God

Terrorist attacks. Hurricanes. Global wars. Enemy nations preparing for war. Pandemics. Our lives are marked by tumult and war. We face the ever-present dual threats of nature and nations. The big question is: How do we deal with these things? Many people deal with the threats of this world by finding refuge in money, sex, drugs, or alcohol.

In Psalm 46, we find the psalmist in a time of tumult and trouble. Everything seems to be crashing down around him. But the psalmist doesn’t find refuge in money, sex, or a bottle. Instead he finds refuge in the sovereign God.

Here we see God’s sovereignty over nature. The psalmist describes his calamity in terms of natural disasters like earthquakes (“though the earth give way”) and floods (“though its water roar and foam”). Here the psalmist notes that the seemingly stable things, like the earth and mountains, are ultimately unable to provide him with security. Nature offers no place of true refuge.

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Defender album art God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength (Psalm 46A)
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