Psalm 46. Thank you, Sally and
John. Psalm 46. This is a psalm of
great, great comfort for God's people. Great comfort. God's name is spoken of seven
times. That's the number of perfection,
as you know. Seven times. This psalm speaks
of God as our refuge. It begins that way and it ends
that way. God a river. That river, I'll
go ahead and tell you, is God, is Christ, the water of life. We haven't looked at this for
four years. Four years ago, you remember, the Lord sent a plague
And this was one of the very first messages we brought to
relieve our fears when the world and even some believers were
greatly afraid. The Lord showed us so many times
from his word that we have nothing to fear. The plague is still
with us. And we're still here. And God
is still with us. And he's the one that sent it. And what I hope tonight to show
us is there's a much more serious plague that all of God's people
are plagued with. Those who know the plague of
their heart. That's what Solomon prayed in his prayer and dedication
of the temple. And we need that. And unbelief and fears and doubts
and worries, it just plagues us, doesn't it? It leaves us
without peace, without comfort, without courage, without strength.
It has us looking everywhere when we should be looking one
place. To our Lord, to His Word. And God, in that plague four
years ago, we looked to our Lord and the scripture says we were
lightened. I remember every time we met we were all thinking,
why are we afraid? And we walked out of this place
strengthened. Because God, look, read verses
1 through 3 again. God is our refuge. We run to
Him for our safety. for our protection and strength,
our strength. I love, love, love 2 Chronicles
20, that story of Jehoshaphat and all of Israel was surrounded
with all those enemies and they all thought they were going to
die. And Jehoshaphat said he stood with Judah and all their
little ones, their wives and their children. He said, Oh God,
we have no might against this great company that comes against
us. We don't know what to do. Our eyes are upon thee. Do you
remember how the Lord dealt with them? He said, I'm a preacher. I mean, they're surrounded with
physical enemies, physical danger. What alleviated their fears? What was it that helped them?
What was it that gave them strength and faith to trust the Lord? A preacher preached the word,
and all he said was, Be still and know that I'm God. Oh, he
says, battle's not yours, it's the Lord's. You're not going
to fight in there. And it says they all start singing
and they rejoiced in the Lord. God
is our refuge and strength. A very present help in trouble. A very present help. That means He's right there when
you need Him. Why? Because His name is Jehovah
Shammah, which means the Lord is there. You see, it's not like
God's out there and we're here and in Him we live and move and
have our being. God is life. You have life. You have the life of God. You're
in God. You're in Christ. Christ our
life. And Christ is in you. It's a
mystery, I know. Great is this mystery. But it's
true. He can no more leave us than... Well, He can't do it. He's always
with us and we are with Him. Thou with me, Lord. And we're
one. We have this union. God is with
us. A very present help. The Lord
is there. If we can just, by His grace,
believe Him, trust Him, look to Him in the midst of all our
troubles. He keeps telling us this in this
psalm, that He is with us. He's in the midst of us. And
we have nothing and no one to fear. Nothing. You remember Isaiah
8? He said, don't fear their fear.
Don't fear their fear. I remember back then, four years
ago, when everyone was waiting on a word from the Surgeon General. What are we going to do next?
We were waiting for a word from the great physician. And he gave
us words that just soothed us and gave us peace. It says in verse 2, it says, therefore
will not we fear. I know you love Psalm 27. I believe
Sister Bonnie Stanley, one of her favorite. The Lord is my
light. I see clearly through His Word. The world's in darkness. We're not in darkness as the
others are. God is light. He's given us light. Light is
sown for the righteous. And my salvation. He's my Savior.
He said, Who shall I fear? God. Fear God. And you need not
fear anyone else. The Lord is the strength of my
life. He sustained your life. He gave you life. And when it
comes time, He's going to take it. And nothing and no one can
stay His hand. And you'll be so glad. They may
try to put you on life support. That's not supporting your life.
God is life. Right? Of whom shall I be afraid
when the wicked, my foes, my enemies surround me, come upon
me to eat me up? Though a host should encamp against
me, my heart shall not fear. War arise against me? I'll be
confident God is our refuge. He always has been. Lord, thou
hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Psalm 90. Go back and read Psalm 90 again.
I keep telling you that. Read Psalm 91. Talks about a
thousand fall on your right hand, ten thousand on your side, ten
thousand on your right hand. It won't come now to you until
He says so. And then nothing and no one can
stop it. He told the disciples that, and we're going to look
at it in Luke. He said, the whole world's going to hate you and
want to kill you. And He said, but not a herald from your head
will fall to the ground until I say so. We will not fear. Don't you wish we wouldn't? If
we keep this in mind, keep Him in view, we will not fear. Verse 2 says, Though the earth
be removed, though the mountains be carried in the midst of the
sea. You know, this has been ongoing from the beginning. God
has been shaking this earth from the beginning. Earthquakes, they
call it. They call it some kind of natural
phenomenon, upheaval. It's an upheaval, alright. Hebrews 12, we looked at this,
it turned quickly, but it has happened, is happening, and shall
happen until the end of this earth, that the Lord is shaking
this earth. Why is that? Because the God of the Bible
is angry with the wicked every day. And the wrath of God is
revealed from heaven all the time, and men don't see it. Egypt
doesn't see it. God's people do. We clearly see
His hand on it. The heavens declare his glory.
He said, I will be exalted among the heathen. I will. And, you know, they're
going to cry. Everybody's going to cry unto
him someday. Barnard preached the message, the greatest prayer
meeting ever held. It's when every human being cries
for the rocks and the hills to fall on and hide them from the
face of Him when they see Him. That's hard. But we need not
fear. We sure don't need to fear that. We're not in darkness as others.
We're waiting. Where did I tell you to turn? Hebrews 12. Look
at this. It says, Though the earth be
removed and the mountains be carried, Hebrews chapter 12. You saw this with me. I'm not
there yet. Here it is. Verse 26. His voice then shook the earth,
and now he's promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the
earth only, but also heaven. Most earthquakes are locally,
you know, in one place here and there, but they're everywhere.
No place on earth is immune from an earthquake. And scientists
can't predict them. They think they can. They try
to, but they can't. They've been waiting on that
San Andreas fault in California, the big one to happen, all the
while it's happening over here. But the whole earth is going
to shake someday. And the heaven. Read on. And
this word, verse 27, once more signifies the removal of all
these things. Things that are shaken. Things
that are made. That is the destruction of the earth. And those things
which cannot be shaken may remain. What cannot be shaken? Who cannot
be shaken? Our God is our rock. And those
that build their house on this rock will not be moved. Go back to our text, and it says,
Though the earth be removed, and it shall. Though the mountains
be carried in the midst of the sea. Verse 3, Though the waters
thereof roar and be troubled. It's hurricane season, isn't
it? It makes me expect it. It's happening,
and quite often, they're very catastrophic. There have been
many that wiped out a whole city, New Orleans, and on and on it
goes. Places along the coast, mostly,
where houses are built on what? Sand. Do men call on God? No. What do they do? They build
their sandcastles back, and God sends another one. No, he's a fool. The water is
troubled. It is the Lord. And then the
winds, says verse 3, the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
The Lord has his way in the whirlwind, the scripture says. Hurricanes
aren't random. They're sent by God. Floods,
tornadoes, all of that. Stop and think about that. Why? We know. God is our refuge in
all of that, in everything, anything. Verse 4, there is a river. God is our refuge. Christ, when
we speak of God, we're speaking of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit. These three are one. God is our refuge. Christ is our refuge. The smitten
rock, the cleft of the rock in whom we hide. We have entered
into the rock and He's hidden us. He's put us in the cleft
of the rock just like old Moses. I think about, you know, the
flood of the earth. Who had a refuge? Noah. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. He had a refuge. What was it?
The ark. We have the same refuge. Verse 4, there is a river. So
we have a refuge and there's a river. The streams whereof
make glad the city of God. That's the church. That's us.
holy places, the tabernacles of the Most High. And I want
you to turn to Revelation 22. Significantly, the very last
chapter in this book speaks of this river. There's a river.
A river. What is this river? The streams
flowing, the water flowing that make glad the church of God,
the people of God. Well, God is our refuge. We've
seen that. Christ is our refuge. What else could this river be
except Him? Look at Revelation 22. He showed
me a pure river of water of life. What's that? It ain't a thing. It's a person. Christ is the
water of life. Pure. Holy. Holy. A river, a water of life, clear
as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb. There it is. There is a river.
That's all we've been there. All we've been there. God is
this river. Christ is this river. The river of water ever flowing
for thirsty souls, their thirst to assuage. You'd be surprised
how many hymns we sing that talk about this river. There's a river,
streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Oh, river, a deep river. Many
and I have often talked about if we could live anywhere, I
would want to live near water somewhere. I like the ocean.
I like to be on the But I've been there, I've lived there,
and I got real tired of sand. Real tired of sand. But maybe
by a river. Watching a river flow, you know,
a river. Here's the thing about a river,
a real river. I'm not talking about the pig
river. I'm talking about a real river. This river. It's deep. Still waters run deep. He leaves
us beside still water. It doesn't mean stagnant or don't
move. It means soul-stilling water. The river, which is Christ Himself,
which is His mercy, never ceasing. It's deep. Oh, the deep. Oh,
the depth of the riches and the knowledge and wisdom of God.
The mercy of God runs deep. It'll never run out. A river, it'll never run out. It's constant. It's fresh in
a river. It's always new. You can never
say that it's gone and more comes. It's never going to run out.
It keeps running. It keeps running. God's mercies
are new when? Every morning. Keep flowing. Keep flowing. Well, I've sinned
against him now and the river of his mercy is going to dry
up. It's not possible. There is a river. It's still
there. And sinners that plunge beneath
that lose all their guilt this time. It's the fountain of Christ's
blood in ever flowing for sinners. This gospel is still being preached.
I'm still preaching it. Quite a few years. Others are
still preaching. Others have preached it longer than me. The
David Pledger is in his 80s now. He's still preaching this Gospel.
When's the last time you've heard him? He's a good preacher. He's
still preaching this Gospel. What does that mean? That means
as long as the Gospel is being preached, as long as this Gospel
river is flowing, God's saving people. So there's hope. There's hope. Do you have anybody
who you hope in God's mercy for them? Keep hoping. The river
is still flowing. It's the fountain of His blood.
It's the gospel gushing from a rock. You remember that rock
that followed those bunch of sinners? It was great mercy that God had
Moses smite that rock with. And it's the greatest mercy and
blessing of God. People talk about God bless us.
Oh, if Christ died for you, if you understand Your need of Christ
and the gospel of Christ, oh, that's the greatest blessing
that ever happened to you. And He smote that rock for you. And that water of His Word, His
promises, His covenant promises, His blood came flowing and gushing
out of that rock. And for 40 years, I don't know
how long you're going to live, but that blood is going to keep
washing away your sins. There's a river. Verse 4 says,
It makes glad the city of God. The world doesn't want to hear
about this, but I look into your faces and you're smiling. You're
nodding your head. Teresa is smiling. She's heard this 5,433
times. She's still smiling. Nodding
her head, smiling. Margaret is a lot older than
me, and she's heard this a long time. It's still smiling. It makes glad the city of God.
It makes glad, glad in the Lord, glad in His sacrifice. Verse
4, it's the holy place, God's place, the tabernacle of the
Most High. God is in the midst of her. Church. It's us. It's
us. God's in the midst of her. God,
whom the heavens cannot contain. God who dwelleth not in buildings
made with hands. He does not dwell in man-made
buildings. The church is not a building.
Long ago, I ceased to call this building the church. And you
can change your vocabulary, you know, by God's grace. You can
change your vocabulary. You can quit saying lucky. You
can. By His grace. Ask Him. And you
can quit saying going to church. You are the church. You don't
go to church. The church goes and meets in
a house. The church house. But God is in the midst of his
people. God who does not dwell in buildings made with hands,
he said, I'm going to dwell with my people. In Zion, the gates
of Zion. He loves the gates of Zion more
than all the dwellings of Jacob. Jacob. We'll see that in a minute. God loves glorious things of
thee are spoken, Zion, city of God. Psalm 85 is it? I can't find it. 87. The Lord loves the gates
of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. That's where he lives.
He said there's a place between the cherubims over the mercy
sea. He said that's where I'll meet
with you. Now God destroyed that first temple. He destroyed that
ark. They're not going to find that
ark. God won't let them. They found the brazen serpent
one time. Remember that? They found it.
It was Hezekiah. Hezekiah, they were worshipping
that thing, like men do. He had it ground up, ground to
powder and strewed it on the water. He called it, it's a worthless
piece of brass. And the Ark of the Covenant is
not a box. It's a person. That's where God
dwells with His people. But you'll find them in the church
house, and that's where you'll find Him. Him. Though He does not dwell in buildings
made with hands. He's with us right now. You believe that? God is in the
midst of that. Christ said, where two or three
are gathered in my name, surely there's two or three in here
who came to worship Jesus Christ. He said, there am I in amidst
them. God's in the midst of them. She
shall not be moved. The word is removed, displaced. taken away. No, they're on a
rock. They're on a rock. And they'll
not be moved. Like a house built on a rock,
rain can fall and a flood writhe. Trials come from God from above. Floods of the earth and floods
of iniquity and the ungodly that carries the world away. We're
not going to move us. You know how many times David
said that? I'll not be moved. It was, I believe it's Psalm
62, he said, He began by saying, I'll not be greatly moved. Yeah. He said, I'll not be greatly
moved. Then he went on to say, I'll
not be moved. There are times when we think,
he's going to remove me. And really, I wanted to deal
with this passage because of this thought. The presence of God is our salvation. The presence of God is our health.
That's Psalm 60, I wrote that down, Psalm 60, 72. The presence of God is our salvation. God is peace, God is love, God
is mercy, God is grace, God is our salvation, God is our refuge,
God is everything, our rock. His presence is our salvation.
Thou only makest me to dwell in safety. And it's our health,
the health of His countenance. If we can feel, or believe rather,
and yes, feel. We want to feel God's presence,
don't we? But there are times when we get
so worldly, and get so sinful, and get in a bad way, and act,
don't walk uprightly, and act bad, and God hides His face. And you don't feel His presence.
And you're miserable. Right? Many of you understand
what I'm saying. You're nodding your head right
now. And you say with David, cast me not away from your presence. He ought to. But he can't. He can't. God's witness. But he will hide his face. And
he ought to. He needs to make you see. He
has not left us. You've left him. Right? David said, take not thy Holy
Spirit from me. Didn't he? We can grieve the
Spirit. Yes, we can. And we know sometime,
by His grace, we'll know when we do, don't we? And we're going
to feel like we do not have His presence. We all know what that
means. And that led me to this But it says, she shall not be
moved. She's not about to be removed.
He said, I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish. He said, I'll never cast them
out. I'll never cast them out. They are prone to wander, David,
into all the Psalms. In the very last verse, what
did he say, John? In the very last verse of Psalm
119. He said, I've gone astray like
a lost sheep. Come find me. Seek me. He does. He will. He'll leave
the 99. That's because He is. That's because He's promised
it. The first Gospel is Matthew.
Okay? The very last words of the first
gospel, Matthew 28, 20, says this. Christ said this. This
is the very last word. Lo, I am with you always, even
to the end of the earth. Amen. Isn't that good news? The gospel begins with the good
news of Christ has come. And the first message, blessed,
and it ends with those blessed words, I will never leave you. I'm with you to the ends of the
earth. Your ups, your downs, your ins
and outs, your sins. You know, he loved you while
you were yet in your sins, and he's not going to quit loving
you now. God's with us. Brother David, you listen to
this, I'm going to say it again. He's out to do us good. I've
been amazed how many times I read that in the Scriptures now that
Brother David has brought it to our attention. He said, they're
going to be amazed, he said in Jeremiah, the good I'm going
to do to them. They're going to be amazed. God shall help her, verse 5.
God's in the midst of her. She won't be moved or removed
or taken away. God shall help her. And I like
this, and that right early. Southerners have a better grasp
of the English language than anybody. Southern sayings, people
learn to read by reading the Bible. I'm sorry, it's just so.
How many times? That right early. You coming?
Yeah, right early. You know what that means, don't
you? Right away. Not going to tarry. He's coming. Not going to let us suffer long.
Right early. Verse 6 says the heathen rage. Kingdoms were moved. He just
said that we won't be moved, but He said the kingdoms are
going to be removed. Why? Because He utters His voice.
And the earth melts. And then it says, God, men's
hearts shall fail them and melt like wax. Heathen rage. I love this word in Revelation
11. I love this. And I thought about
that plague of heat. Remember when all that heat?
You weren't complaining were you? Surely. Surely not. Surely
not. Because it says God sent that.
And He burnt men with heat and they
didn't repent to give Him the glory, it says. Well, Revelation 11, it says,
I love this, The people of God, they fall down on their faces
and worship God, and they say, We give you thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art and was and art to come, because you've taken
to thee thy great power and has reigned our sovereign God. He reigns and rules over all. All power, Christ says, is given
unto me in heaven and earth. Doesn't that make you happy?
Doesn't that make you glad? Well, the next verse says the
nations were angry. The next verse says the nation
don't like it. They don't like God reigning. Well, He does. And God's people
love it. God's people don't just believe
the truth. They love it. He reigns. He rules. So, heathen
rage. People rage at everything, don't
they? The world rages in a rage. The world's in a rage. Who they're
in a rage against? God. Always have been. Satan
and the host that followed him were raging against God. He wanted
free will, didn't he? Man wants free will. You're not
going to have it. God, it says in verse 6, the
heathen raged. Kings were moved. He uttered
His voice. One little word and the earth just melts. The Lord
of hosts, verse 7. The Lord of hosts, the Lord over
angels, the Lord over devils, the Lord over men, the Lord over
gnats, is with us. He's with us. Who's us? Those that love His
salvation, those that love His reign and His rule, those that
love His Son, those whom He's revealed Himself to, those that
bow and confess Him now. Every knee will. Every tongue
shall someday. Every eye will see Him as He
is. But those whom He has given spiritual
eyes of faith to see Him now as He is. Those who fear Him. Those who worship Him. Those
who gather together in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to worship
the Lamb on the throne. He's with us. That's who He's
with. He's the God of Jacob. Now, isn't
that wonderful? Don't you love to hear that?
He's called by the name the God of Jacob in the Old Testament
more than any other designation. You know that? The God of Jacob. I'm the God of Jacob. Happy is
he that the God of Jacob. We are, Lord willing, going to
look at Romans 9 Sunday. I hope. He's the God of Jacob. What's
that mean? Sovereign electing. Sovereign mercy. Sovereign grace. Reigning and ruling. Loving whom
He will. Saving whom He will. Hardening
whom He will. Jacob have I loved. What do you
think about that? That's Sunday. But this is the
God of Jacob. Jacob sure loved. the God of
Jacob, didn't he? Because God, when God found,
when Christ, Mack loved that story of the angel which was
Christ coming to wrestle with Jacob. I do too. The Lord Jesus
Christ, the angel of God's mercy, came and found old Jacob running
scared. And he laid hold of him and wrestled
him to the ground and forced him to say what his name was.
Jacob, cheatser, planter, no good. And you know what the angel,
all the angel did? Didn't ask him anything. He told
him what all he's going to do for him. The God of Jacob is
the sovereign electing God, the God who loves whom He will, and
if He loves you, you're loved forever, and you will be saved.
You and yours. And He's the covenant making
and covenant keeping God. And nothing can change His covenant. It's ordered in all things and
sure. And that's what the gospel tells us. The covenant of God
with Christ for his people, all much of the sons of Jacob. So
he's the God of Jacob and he's with us. He's our refuge. Now,
just stop and think about that. Sela. Musical pauses are good,
aren't they, Jeanette? Just stop. Let that sink in. You feel like old Jacob? Then
this God is your God. Verse 8, Come, behold the works
of the Lord. What desolations He hath made
in the earth. He's been telling us about that, hasn't He? All
the earthquakes and tornadoes and hurricanes and He's just
destroyed, just destroyed, destroyed, destroyed. Desolation. Man builds
and God casts it down. The disciples were so impressed
with that temple. And they were showing the Lord They were showing
the Lord the temple. Isn't this amazing, Lord? Look
at that. And we get taken up with whatever. And our Lord said, there's not
one stone going to be left standing on another. There's not going
to be one thing standing on another on this whole earth when it's
going to destroy all the works of man, all of it. The only stone
that will be standing is the stone the builders rejected.
Christ, that rock of ages, cleft from it. Behold the works of
the Lord, what desolations He made in the earth. Verse 9, He
makes wars. There's nothing that causes more
desolation than a war, is there? Nothing. There have been some
devastating wars down through the years. And our Lord said
this in Matthew 24. And we're going to turn there.
Luke 21. Very quickly, Luke 21. I've got
to close. And I want you to see this. Because
our Lord promised that until the end of the earth there will
be wars and rumors of war. And these cause us consternation,
don't they? They cause us fear. They really do. Tell me, be honest. When you hear about China getting
upset. No, you do. You do too. I do. You hear about
China. That's a much bigger nation than
this one. And their technology is every bit as good as ours. And they have millions upon millions
of soldiers that they can muster for a war. Yes, they do. There's nuclear technology in
all these heathen countries. What has kept them from sending
a bomb and wiping us out? God. But you do, we do, don't we,
here? You know, that little two-bit ruler from North Korea? Come
on, now. When you hear he's upset and
he makes all these idle threats? You've heard him. Do you not
fear just for a moment? You're lying if you say you don't.
I don't want that to happen. Do you? Could it happen? Yes,
it could. It has happened. It has happened. Wars and rumors. Who sends them?
Who starts them? A little ruler over North Korea?
God did. He sent enemy after enemy against
Israel. Why? Idolatry. Sin. Yes, he did. But now listen to
this. He makes wars to cease at the
end of the earth. He breaks a bow. He cuts a spear
in sunder. burneth the chariot in the fire,
he stops wars. I told you back four years ago
when God sent this plague, I told you a story, a true story, that
in World War II, I didn't turn to Luke 21. In World War II,
right in the middle of that war, the Westminster Chapel in London,
England, It was an old, old building. It had many, many preachers. Martin Lloyd-Jones was just a
young man. He was a doctor, physician, whom
the Lord saved and made a preacher. And he became pastor of that
Westminster Chapel in the middle of London, England in 1943. right
in the middle of the war. From 1939 to 1945, the Germans
bombed London, England, downtown London, England. 70,000 buildings were wiped down
to the ground. 1.7 million buildings destroyed
to the point that they couldn't use them again. 30,000 people
were killed. Martin Lloyd-Jones preached the
gospel. Have you ever read anything?
Heard any message about him? There's still audio recordings
of him. Right in the middle of that war,
he assumed pastor of that church. And downtown, the bombs are still
falling. And they met in that church.
And all that ever happened, he told those people, God's not
going to destroy this building. I believe the Lord's not going
to destroy this building. And the only thing that happened
was one time during a service some plaster fell off the roof.
He was praying and plaster fell down and it disrupted him and
he said, let's pray, let's keep praying. And they just went on
and they held services there and that building stood right
in the midst of all that bombing. Buildings all around there leveled. That gospel church house stood
right there. God is their refuge. He promised. Luke 21, he says here in verse
17, you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake, but there
shall not a hair of your head perish. In your patience, possess
your souls. You're going to see Jerusalem
encompassed with armies. You'll know the desolation. He's
going to destroy it. And God's going to destroy this
world. The United States of America is not going to stand forever. Rome didn't. And he goes on down in verse
26, he says, men's, verse 25, will be signs, distress of nations,
perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring. These things seem to
be on the increase, don't they? Men's hearts failing them for
fear, looking for those things that are coming on the earth,
powers of heaven shaking. Then shall they see the Son of
Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these
things begin to come to pass, look up. Look up. Lift up your heads. When we see
all this destruction and all this, we ought to say, things
are looking up. He's coming. Your redemption
draweth nigh, because this is not your dwelling place. The
Lord is our dwelling place. And in closing, it says this
in our text, be still. Be still. Be still and know that
I'm God. Paul in Acts 20, he said, the
Holy Spirit tells me everywhere I go that I'm going to be killed.
That I'm going to suffer great affliction for his God. He's
telling the elders at Ephesus, and he's leaving, he said, the
Holy Spirit tells me that great affliction awaits me, everyone.
But he said, none of these things move me. Don't move me. I shall not be moved. He said, I'm ready to depart
and be with the Lord, which is far better. So he says, be still and be not
moved away from your hope. Don't leave the refuge, people.
And be still and know that he's God, and I will be exalted among
the heathen. Yes, he will. We're going to
see that in Romans 9. Oh, my. I will be exalted in
the earth. And he ends with this, the Lord
of hosts, in case you didn't read it the first time, the God
over all, who reigns and rules over everything, everyone, is
with us. The God of Jacob. He's our refuge. Now just go home and think about
that. Okay. Stay with me.