Be Still and Know

The last part of Isaiah says their strength is to sit still.  In the midst of great trials, turmoil, and suffering, the best thing to do is to do nothing.  We must hear God speak before making any move.

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Psalm 46:10 Be Still and Know.

In the natural things looked bleak for Daniel. He had been thrown in the lion’s den for praying to his God.  He looked like a light healthy snack for the hungry lions. But God had a plan to turn Satan’s plan upside down.  He simply sent an angel to shut the lion’s mouth.  Daniel could have used one of them as a pillar and went to sleep. Daniel could sleep, but the King couldn’t.  Angels put one to sleep and keep the other one awake.  The next day Daniel was found to be in better shape than the King.

The King had made a huge statue of himself and commanded everyone to bow to it.  The three Hebrew children won’t bow.  The King got so angry-he had not taken courses in anger control, he heated the furnace so-o hot the men that threw them in went to ashes to ashes immediately.  Jesus shows up and proves the fire had no power over him.  The only thing that burned was the cords that bound the three Hebrew children.  The King by this time demands that no one pray to any other God, but the God of Daniel’s. God used these four obedient men to show a nation that He is Almighty God.

The King ask Daniel was the God you serve able to deliver you.  The world will be soon be asking us this.

In quietness and trust is our strength.

Psalm 46;10 “Be still and know that I am.” God speaks to the hushed soul. We can only hear, when all the other voices are quiet.  It was when Beethoven became deaf that he heard the sweetest music and produce his greatest masterpiece.