Laurie Hopkins

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth.

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!

The LORD of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Someone needs to hear this today.  

Someone needs to take a minute and let this Psalm sink in.  

God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. 

Is that you today?  

Are you in the night hours?  

Morning is coming.  

You may bend and move with the wind of the storm, 

but you will not break.  

Do you need a refuge today?  

The God of Jacob is our refuge.  

Are you in the midst of the battle? 

Be still, and know that I am God.  

There is something for everyone here. 

Stop, sit and let it sink in.  

God has you!

It doesn’t say strive and work hard and diligently while you wait for the Lord to turn the tides;

it doesn’t say worry and fret while you wait for the Lord to bring justice.  

It says REST in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him while He works out His mighty plan.  

Rest = damam = to be silent, to hold peace, to keep silent, to be silent, to be still.  

God has a plan. 

It is bigger than us.  

We don’t need to strive and fret; rather we need to learn to rest in Him and wait upon the fulfillment of the plan He has set in motion. 

And in resting and being still and silent, we will clearly hear His voice speaking into our lives. 

Can you take some time today to actively rest in Him?  

As you begin to do that, you will, in time, also learn to rest in Him even when you are in motion. REST!

Jesus did the will of the Father.  

He did nothing outside of the will of the Father.  

He spent much time alone in prayer listening for the Father’s direction.  

Why then, do we not follow suit and listen for direction from the Father? 

For the most part we make our own decisions, do our own thing and then take credit for the brilliance that it is.  

How is that working for us?  

We say we are followers of Jesus.  

We say we are doing God’s will in our lives.  

But if we are not listening, how does that happen?  

t is time to set aside our own agendas, our own self sufficiency and our own brilliance.  

It is time for us to take the time, 

in the midst of the busyness that is killing us, 

to sit and converse with the Father; 

to sit and listen to the Father; 

to aim to be like the Jesus we claim to follow and take our directions from the Father, 

rather than going it on our own. 

Oh what a difference we will see!