Psalm 46:1 God Is Our Refuge And Strength, A Very Present Help In Trouble

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE 46# OF PSALMS IS A SONG OF HOLY COMFORT

THAT IT GIVES ASSURANCE OF DIVINE HELP WHEN IT IS NEEDED THE MOST

IT`S A PSALM THAT COMFORTS TROUBLED HEARTS

AND GIVES US ENCOURAGEMENT TO KEEP PRESSING ON WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDIST OF TROUBLE

AND YOU DO KNOW THAT WE ARE LIVING IN TROUBLED TIMES

A TIME WHERE YOU DON`T HAVE TO GO FIND TROUBLE

BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL COME FIND YOU

AND AIN`T IT AMAZING HOW YOU CAN BE MINDING YOUR OWN BUSSINESS

AND TROUBLE WILL RIDE DOWN YOUR STREET AND BACK UP IN YOUR DRIVEWAY

AND WALK RIGHT IN YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT KNOCKING AND HIT YOU RIGHT UP SIDE OF YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

YOU DON`T HAVE TO FIND TROUBLE BECAUSE TROUBLE WILL FIND YOU

ALL IT TAKES -----ALL IT TAKES

IS A PHONE CALL IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT

ALL IT TAKE ---ALL IT TAKES

IS LOOKING AT THE 10:00 NEWS

ALL IT TAKE ---ALL IT TAKE

IS THE DOCTOR WALKING AWAY SHAKING HIS HEAD

AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF A TROUBLING SITUATION

AND I DON`T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I`M GLAD THAT

GOD IS ----I SAY GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT AND A VERY PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE

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IN TEXT

IN THE TEXT BEFORE US THE PSALMIST PRESENT US WITH 3 FUNDEMENTAL ISSUES

THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND

WHY GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT AND A VERY PRESENT HELP IN A TIME OF TROUBLE

AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN TROUBLE SHOWS UP AT OUR DOOR STEPS

WELL 1ST THING THE TEXT REVEALS IS THE SHELTER OF GOD`S HELP

FOR THE PSALMIST SAYS ---GOD IS OUR REFUGE

IN OTHER WORDS ----GOD IS OUR SAFE PLACE

HE `S A SAFETY ZONE

A SHELTER FROM DANGER

THAT WHY THE OLD CHURCH USE TO SAY

HE`S A SHELTER IN THE MIDIST OF THE STORM

AND I DON` KNOW ABOUT YOU

BUT IN MY LIFETIME TROUBLE HAS VISIT ME ON A REGULAR BASES

IT WAS SOMETIMES WHEN I DID`NT KNOW IF I WAS COMING OR GOING

OR WHICH WAY WAS UP OR DOWN

BUT I`M GLAD I KNEW JESUS AS A REFUGE IN THE MIDIST OF TROUBLE

IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE A SAFE PLACE

WHO IS THE APPLE OF GOD`S EYE WHO IS FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH

WHOM WE CAN GO TO IN A TIME OF TROUBLE

HE IS OUR PROTECTER

OUR JOY IN SORRY AND OUR HOPE FOR TOMORROW

A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND AND A SHELTER IN THE TIME OF A STORM

HE IS OUR REFUGE

AND HE DOSE`NT SHELTER US TO PAMPER US

BUT HE SHELTER US TO PREPARE US AND HELP US FACE THE TROUBLES OF LIFE

THE PSALMIST LETS US KNOW

NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR TROUBLED SITUATION MAY SEEM TO YOU THAT GOD IS -----OUR REFUGE

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BUT NOT ONLY DOES THE TEXT REVEALS TO US THE SHELTER OF GOD`S HELP

BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THE STRENGHT OF GOD`S HELP

FOR THE PSALMIST SAYS THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT

YOU SEE MY BROTHER AND SISTERS

IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORD AND IS A CONJUNCTION WORD

THAT CONNECTS 2 OR MORE PHRASES TOGETHER

AND IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPER CONNOTATION OF WHAT THE PSALMIST IS TRYING TO TELL US WE HAVE

TO CONNECT REFUGE AND STRENGHT TOGETHER

AND WHAT THE PSALMIST IS TELLING US THAT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGHT

IN OTHER WORDS NOT ONLY IS GOD OUR REFUGE

BUT GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT

HE IS OUR STRENGHT BECAUSE HE INFUSES US WITH HIS STRENGHT

THEREFORE WE ARE ABLE TO STAND IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE

IN OTHER WORDS GOD HAS TO VACCINATE US WITH HIS POWER

CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT

IF YOU WAS A NEMIC AND WHEN YOUR BLOOD GETS LOW

AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET TO FEELING BETTER YOU HAVE TO GET A BLOOD INFUSION

AND THAT’S A WORD FOR SOMEBODY HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY WEAK VOICE

BECAUSE IT`S SOMEBODY HERE SITTING ON THE SAME ROW YOU ARE SITTING IN

JUST MIGHT BE SITTING IN THE SAME SEAT YOU ARE SEATING IN

AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDIST OF A TROUBLING SITUATION

AND YOUR SITUATION DON`T SEEMS LIKE IT`S GETTING ANY BETTER

AND THE REASON WHY IS

BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH YOUR SITUATION IN YOUR OWN STRENGHT

AND YOUR SITUATION IS GETTING WORSER

BUT I STOP BY TO ENCOURAGE YOU

THAT GOD IS

OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT

AND SINCE GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR STRENGHT

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TRUST HIM AND LEAN ON HIS EVERLASTINGT ARMS

WALK IN HIS AMAZING GRACE AND GET AND INFUSION OF HIS STRENGHT