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November 3
Sunday


BE STILL

READ:
Psalm 46
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Be still, and know
that I am God; I will
be exalted among
the nations, I will be
exalted in the earth!
__Psalm 46:10
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Eric Liddel, memorialized in the film Chariots of Fire, won a gold medal in the 1924 Paris Olympics before going to China as a missionary. Some years later, with the outbreak of World War 2, Liddell sent his family to safety in Canada, but he remained in China. Soon Liddell and other foreign missionaries were interned in a Japanese detainment camp. After months of captivity, he developed what doctors feared was a brain tumor.

Every Sunday afternoon a band would play near the hospital, so one day Liddell requested they play the hymn "Be still, My Soul." As he listened, I wonder if Eric pondered these words from the song: Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on / When we shall be forever with the Lord. / When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, / Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored. / be still, my soul: when change and tears are past/ All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

That beautiful hymn, so comforting to Eric as he faced an illness that led to his death 3 days later, expresses a great reality of Scripture. In Psalm 46:10, David wrote, "Be still, and know that I am God." In our darkest moments, we can rest, for our Lord conquered death on our behalf. Be still, and allow Him to calm your greatest fears. __Bill Crowder

``````````````````Teach me, Lord, to still my soul before You. Help````````````````````
````````````````````me to bear patiently the trials I face, and to``````````````````````
```````````````````leave everything to You to direct and provide.``````````````````````
```````````````````I know that You will always remain faithful.````````````````````````
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God's whisper of comfort
quiets the noise of our trials.

*************************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 46*********************************

1 God is our refuge and
strength, a very present help
in trouble. 2 Therefore we
will not fear, even though
the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be
carried into the midst of the
sea; 3 though its waters roar
and be troubled, though the
mountains shake with its
swelling.

4 There is a river whose
streams shall make glad the
city of God, the holy place
of the tabernacle of the
Most High. 5 God is in the
midst of her, she shall not
be moved; God shall help
her, just at the break of
dawn. 6 The nations raged,
the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the
earth melted.

7 The LORD of hosts is
with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge.

8 Come, behold the works
of the LORD, who has made
desolations in the earth.

9 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.

10 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.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In the superscription of Psalm 46, the phrase "A Song for Alamoth"
may refer to those voices that were to lead the singing (which some
commentators say were the sopranos). This great song inspired
Martin Luther to write "A Mighty Fortress of Our God," a hymn that
beautifully declares the psalm's promise of strength and peace found
in the living God.