"Be Still And Know," Psalm 46:10

BE STILL AND KNOW .----------------------, PSALM 46:10 SOMETIrns PROBLEMS, IN OUR EFFORT AND HURRY TO GET THE QUICK-FIX TO OUR WE WIND UP MAKING THEM WORST. IN A HURRY TO GET HOME, THE RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON BUT HE CONTINUED TO DRIVE. BY THE TIME HE REACHED THE NEXT STATION, THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED BEYOND REPAIR. THE SCREWDRIVER WAS TOO SMALL BUT IN A HURRY TO GET THE PARTS PUT TOGETHER, TWIST AND TURN. HE CONTINUED TO SOON THE EYE OF THE SCREW WAS SO EATEN UP AND WORN THAT HE COULD NEITHER TURN IT ANY FURTHER ON ANOTHER OCCASION, IN NOR TAKE IT OUT. SHE LOOK EVERYWHERE BUT SHE COULDN'T FIND THEM. SHE KNEW WHERE SHE USUALLY PUT THEM BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE. FEW OTHER PLACES BUT TO NO AVAIL. FINALLY, SHE LOOKED A SHE SAT DOWN AND WHILE RUBBING HER HAND OVER HER HEAD DISCOVERED HER EYEGLASSES RIGHT ON TOP OF HER HEAD. SOMETIMES OUR SITUATION IS SO BAD AND WE ARE IT THAT RATHER THAN HELP WE }KE A MESS. IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET OUT OF MAYBE WE WOULD DO WELL TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND PAUSE TO REFLECT EVERY NOW AND THEN. MAYBE THEN WE CAN ® THE TEXT SAYS, MORE CLEARLY SEE OUR WAY. GOD; I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS, "BE STILL, I AND KNOW THAT WILL BE EXALTED AM I IN THE EARTH." LET ME SUGGEST THREE OR FOUR THINGS WE OUGHT TO REFLECT ON WHEN FEAR KNOCKS ON OUR DOOR. WE COME. FIRST, WE OUGHT TO REFLECT ON THE COMMUNITY FROM WHICH FOR OUR COruNION IS WHAT WE HOLD BUILD COMMUNITY WHEN WE GET TO KNOW OUR THINGS THAT MAKE US ONE. IN COMMON. NEIGHBOR, WE START TRULY TO AND THEREBY DISCOVER OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BILLS TO PAY. HAVE CHILDREN THAT DO WELL. OTHER PEOPLE OTHER OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE CARS THAT BREAKDOWN. PEOPLE WANT TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION AND A FAIR SHOT AT THE GOOD LIFE. OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CARES. WILLIAM HANEY SAID, "PEOPLE DON'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE." MAYBE THAT WHAT JESUS HAD IN MIND WHEN HE ENCOURAGED THE LAWYER TO JOIN THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH NEIGHBOR," THE LAWYER ASKED. WOUNDED MANt 10:25-37. "AND WHO IS MY JESUS SHOCKED HIM WITH A STORY ABOUT A WHO HAD BEEN BEATEN AND LEFT TO DIE. WHO OUGHT TO CARE PASSED BY THEN IN LUKE WITHOUT SO MUCH AS HE TOLD HIM HOW THOSE GIVING HIM A HELPING HAND. A FOREIGNER CAME BY AND NOT ONLY LOOKED BUT WRAPPED UP HIM PAID HIS HOTEL BILL, AND PROMISED TO CHECK ON HIM LATER. WOUNDS, IN SHORT, JESUS POINTED OUT THAT A TRUE NEIGHBOR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EDUCATION, GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS, CONDITION. WILLING TO DRAW NEAR TO. OR RACE. A NEIGHBOR WE WILL ALL EITHER SINK IS ANYONE WHO WE ARE IN OUR OWN LITTLE PRIVATE BOATS OR WE WILL SAIL TOGETHER. FURTHERMORE, WE WOULD DO WELL TO BE STILL AND REFLECT ON REBUILDING OUR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. FROM THE BEGINNING, INCLUDE ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. THEIR FINGERS, HEAR RHEM FOUND. SAY, DAD," INTENDED THAT FAMILY WOULD IT'S NO WONDER SPORTS FIGURES OFTIMES RAISE SHOW THEIR TEETH, "HI, GOD AND SAY, "HI MOM." NOT MANY TIMES DO YOU FOR FAR TOO MANY TIMES DAD IS NOWHERE TO BE WE HAVE ALMOST GLORIFIED SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS. HAVE TO BECAUSE OF DEATH OR SOfillTHING LIKE THAT, WELL, IF YOU THEN DO THE BEST YOU CAN. BUT REMEMBER THAT FULL 90 % OF SINGLE-PARENTS ARE WOMEN AND THAT THEY ARE THE FASTING GROWING POVERTY GROUP RAISING A FAMILY ALONE. AND DAD ALL TOGETHER. CHILDREN ARE AND PARENTS ARE. IT IN OUR COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY I IT'S MORE THAN A NOTION REJOICE WHEN I SEE MOM AND CHILDREN IT'S A GOOD THING FOR PARENTS TO KNOW WHERE THEIR IS JUST AS GOOD FOR CHILDREN TO KNOW WHERE THEIR WHY DON'T WE BE COURAGEOUS AND COMMIT OURSELVES TO BE BETTER HUSBANDS AND FATHERS, BETTER WIVES AND MOTHERS. BETTER CHILDREN AND SIBLINGS. THIRD, WHY NOT BE STILL LONGER ENOUGH TO REDISCOVER THE CHURCH AND RETURN TO CHRIST. CHURCH, I HAVE WATCHED MANY OF MY GENERATION GROW UP GO OFF TO SCHOOL OR WORK, AND FORGET ALL ABOUT GOD.' IN THE THEY TURN THEIR BACKS ON THEIR HOME TRAINING AND FORGET THE BRIDGE THAT BROUGHT THEM OVER. LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON, HOME. THERE, IT'S TIME TO corn TO OURSELVES AND GO ON BACK THE FATHER WAITS WITH WELCOME ARMS. BONE OF THE COMMUNITY AND JESUS IS THE FOUNDATION. THE CHURCH IS THE BACK ONE PHILOSOPHER PUT IT, "EVERY HUMAN HEART WAS CREATED WITH A GOD-SHAPED VACUUM," SO YOU ARE LOOK I NG FOR FULF I LLMENT , SO YOU WANT TO OVERCOME YOUR FEARS, UBE "BE STI LL, STILL, AND KNOW THAT AND KNOW THAT I I AM GOD. AM GOD." YOU WANT TO RISE ABOVE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES AND BECOME ALL YOU CAN BEt STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AND WHEN WE RESTORE REDISCOVER THE CHURCH, "BE Hi GOD." COMMUNITY, WHEN WE REBUILD FAMILY, WHEN WE AND WHEN WE RETURN TO CHRIST---WE WILL BE READY WHEN REVIVAL COMES TO CONQUER EVERY FEAR. THE GOD OF JACOB 'I IS OUR REFUGE. FOR nTHE LORD OF HOSTS SELAH." IS WITH US;