The blog was silent last week.  It was a week of stillness.  A week of learning anew that Jehovah is God and that He will be exalted among the nations.  A week of relearning that Jehovah is God over me and that He desires to be exalted in my life.

 

Such lessons are learned in the silence of stillness.  When the news of the unexpected and dreaded comes, we too often plunge headlong into panic.  With our microwave oven mentalities, we want to hit a button and in sixty seconds solve it all.  And when that doesn't work we stand there furiously punching buttons and screaming at our circumstance until we collapse and draw up into the fetal position.  Fear consumes and God seems so very far away.

 

Knowing that Jehovah is God in the midst of dread requires stillness, silence, waiting on God.  In the stillness our vision is drawn from the fear of the dreaded news to the delight of the awesome power of our God.  In the stillness our soul is quieted and our hearts set at peace.  In the stillness we find refuge and strength in the God who is our very present help in trouble.

 

So despite the dreaded news that may be dragging you toward despair, be still and know that help is on the way.

 

Psalm 46

 

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;  Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

 

There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.  God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.  The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.  The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

 

Come, behold the works of the LORD, Who has made desolations in the earth.  He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire.  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 refuge. Selah