God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.4 There is a river, the streams whereof 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 shall help her, and that right early.6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. PSALM 46
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord (Psalm 33;12).THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GOD BUT ME (Exodus 20:2 and Deuteronomy 5:6.)When David sought the lord Israel prosperedWhen Solomon worshipped the one true God Israel prosperedBlessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.When a people, a nation worships the one true God it experiences the blessings of God himself.Barnes gives us four blessings of obedience they are:(A) He is a real God, the true God, and not an imagination or fiction;(b) because His laws are just and good, and their observance will always tend to promote the public welfare and prosperity;(c) because His protection will be vouchsafed to such a nation; and(d) because His worship, and the influence of His religion, will tend to diffuse virtue, intelligence, purity, and truth, over a land, and thus will promote its welfare.We have seen the corrosion of western society for many years, magnified these last two years with the virus, the welfare of the people has suffered, churches have shut their doors and purity and truth have yet to be known or seen. No government in its parliamentary quarters privately or publickly sought the Lord for answers, Ministers put the obedience to the man made government before obedience to Gods laws of healing deliverance and salvation it was ais if we did not know about healing deliverance or salvation. the plague, the virus came to both houses Israel and Egypt and we are left asking many questions.where there is no ongoing revelation from God the people perish. Gods people are destroyed for a a lack of knowledge. but wait destruction to gods people? Gods covenant people. but not all who claim to be God’s people are in covenant with him. covenant is a lost word today, what agreement do we have with the almighty? many will kick against the pricks ad boast healing is not ours, deliverance is not for today, the blood and applying it is a thing of the past. I do find it strange that while we live in an ultra modern society we are still “plagued” yes plagues with archaic diseases and deadly new viruses too.Where are the people who will declare, IN GOD WE TRUST, Our God is able to save us! TO WHOM IS THE ARM OF THE lORD REVEALED.The text we have read abore in psalms gives us5 conditions of1.The Nation that has The Lord as its god is blessed because its God, our God is our help and shieldA very present help in the day of trouble (Psalm 46;1)2.The Nation that has The Lord as its god is blessed because its God, our God shall help usGod is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. (Psalm 46;5)3.The Nation that has The Lord as its god is blessed because its God, our God keeps us unmoved when our enemies around us are scattered and in fearThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. (Psalm 46;6,7).4.The Nation that has The Lord as its god is blessed because its God, our God is our defenseHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.5,The Nation that has The Lord as its god is blessed because its God, our God has perfect knowledgeBe still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 1 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. (Psalm 46;10,110We at at pressure to accept the worlds vaccination, the worlds medication, the worlds substitution the worlds salvation the worlds gods. You will be penalised, ostracised, humiliated for not accepting the law of the many, the rules of the crowd, the medication of man. Indeed the prophet is a fool, or so they say.