on takeaways from this morning's devotions

This morning my co-worker shared a ministering message from Psalms:

 

Psalm 46 (New International Version)

Psalm 46

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. ^[a]

 1 God is our refuge and strength,
       an ever-present help in trouble.

 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
       and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

 3 though its waters roar and foam
       and the mountains quake with their surging.
       Selah 

 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
       the holy place where the Most High dwells.

 5 God is within her, she will not fall;
       God will help her at break of day.

 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
       he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

 7 The LORD Almighty is with us;
       the God of Jacob is our fortress.
       Selah

 8 Come and see the works of the LORD,
       the desolations he has brought on the earth.

 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth;
       he breaks the bow and shatters the spear,
       he burns the shields ^[b] with 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 Almighty is with us;
       the God of Jacob is our fortress.
       Selah






































He was sharing that amidst the destruction and chaos that we see happening in Myanmar and China these past 2 weeks, we must still fix our eyes upon God Almighty. His emphasis was on verse 10a, on "Be still". He was saying that not only must we be quiet and wait for the Lord; but we must also cease striving (NASB translation) and surrender to God.

One phrase which he used which kinda stuck to my head is "Preach Christ, use words if necessarily".*

* Not his own words, but he heard it from elsewhere