God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.  Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah  Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth.  He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.  “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.  Selah  (NIV)

Sometimes as we study God’s Word we just look at the words and apply them to our life.  This Psalm was a song created for the worship of God.  God is the subject of this song.  As we see starting with verse one of this Psalm to the last verse it is God that takes care of us.  God is our refuge and strength, then why do we fear?   David’s theme in this Psalm is centered around the concept of faith.  His faith was a total trust in God to intervene in every aspect of his life.  Nothing too small or too large.

Verse ten of this Psalm gives the believer the way of God to approach the troubles which we face as we complete our journey upon the face of this earth.  Be still and know that I am God is the advice that for several believers do not have the time available to practice.  This is a way of God that will test our faith and the more we grow in this way the more we will see his hand in the smallest activities that we pursue.  This goes against the wise old saying of “God helps those who help themselves”.   The problem that most believers have with dealing with the everyday issues in life is that this wise old saying seems to have a greater impact on their life then verse ten does.  Try waiting on God as a way of walking in his way.

As I read this Psalm I reflect upon the last two chapters of the Bible.  Revelation twenty-one starts with this verse ” And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away and the sea is no more.  There is a time in the future where everything I have worked for will be destroyed, the works of both my hands and my mind.  However, the one that overcomes can inherit the things of the new heaven and the new earth.