I really love the encouragement in Psalm 46:1-7 from today's Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan!
1 God is our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas, 3 Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning]. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower).
This is a reminder to YOU, that no matter WHAT is going on around the world, our God will NOT be moved, the power of His Word will never be diminished, and HE is still and always the One, True, Sovereign GOD! AMEN! Further in our reading in 2 Timothy 4 we see this in verse 2:
2 Herald and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching.
Verses 3-4 describe perfectly what is going on around us in these last days!
3 For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold, 4 And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.
Verse 5 is is OUR specific instruction!
5 As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully perform all the duties of your ministry.
AMEN! Refuse to get too caught up in trying to set people straight! Follow ONLY the leading of Holy Spirit inside of you as to who to speaks to and what to say! Pray in the Spirit for the others and then REST in Him in complete SHALOM! HE is the God Who is MORE than enough! HALLELUJAH! Here is Hillsong United with "Here Now":
Shalom in Him!
