Does God go silent?
Does God go silent?
God may be silent but he is not absent. Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When you hear God’s silence and feel his absence, trust his presence. Yes, I know that life doesn’t make sense all the time.
What does God say about being still?
+ Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” + Psalm 37:7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
What does Psalm 46 say?
“Psalm 46 says God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. The reality is that there will be difficult times, but God promises to be our refuge. When buildings crumbling and our world is shaken.
What is Psalms 46 5?
“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”
What does God is within her she will not fall mean?
So when the psalmist here says, “God is within her,” the “her” to which he is referring is the New Jerusalem, or Heaven. When he says “She will not fall,” he is referring to the eternality of Heaven: it will last forever, it will never ever fall, be moved, or any other interpretation you may have seen.
What does be still in the Bible mean?
Today in church our pastor taught on the Bible scripture, “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10. “Be still’ means to stop striving, stop fighting, relax. It also means to “put your hands down”. Sometimes we put our hands up to defend ourselves from all that life can bring our way.
What seemeth right to a man?
A Way That Seemeth Right was a title taken from Proverbs 14:12, which says, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Young Gauge McLane wonders through the back roads of San Reno after surviving a massacre in a small south of the border church.
What seems good to a man?
Proverbs 14:12: There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. There is a way that seems right, but it leads to death.
When a man’s ways please the Lord?
“When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, his enemies cease to be apparent. If my thoughts are pleasing to the Lord, I will not have to worry about my ways. If I mortify the thoughts of the carnal mind, God says I shall live.” This is when God becomes Lord of the mind.
Who wrote Proverbs 14?
Proverbs is probably the oldest extant document of the Hebrew wisdom movement, of which King Solomon… The earliest collection (25:1–29:27), titled “proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied,” came into being about 700 bc; the latest (1:1–9:18) dates from the 4th century bc.
What is Proverbs 14 talking about?
A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless. A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated. The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. Evil men will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
