BBD 03.11.22 Be Still (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1853^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

11 March 2022

Be Still

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in
trouble.

Therefore we will not fear,

Even though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into
the midst of the sea. – Psalm 46:1-2 NKJV.

Come, behold the works of the Lord,

Who has made desolations in the earth.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;

He burns the chariot in the fire.

Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!

The Lord of
hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah – Psalm 46:8-11 NKJV.

Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni of the Solomon Islands
planned to make a trip about 129 miles south along the coastlines of a couple
of islands as their guide. They were in a small boat with only a small motor,
but they had made the trip before and thought it would be safe enough.

Not long into their trip they ran into blinding rain
which made it where they could not see the islands that they were following.
Then, their GPS went out. They survived on just the little bit of food they had
brought with them and rainwater. They drifted 250 miles north instead of south, ending up being rescued near Papua New Guinea.

Nanjikana said about their misadventure, “I had no idea what was going on while I was out there. I
didn’t hear about Covid or anything else. I look forward to going back home but
I guess it was a nice break from everything.” (Thanks to “The Guardian” for this great story;
also, MSN 10.11.21; Sibconline 10.06.21)

As I look out my window this morning all is white as we
have had a little snowstorm. All the imperfections are gone, all is pure as God
has sent this snow upon us. It may be the last one before the spring rains and
storms come. But wouldn’t it be nice if God could paint the whole world in a
white splash of purity wiping out all of the ugliness that is so obvious in
these days. It would be beyond wonderful if God could make the whole
world, “white as snow (Isaiah 1:18).”

In their unintended adventure the two Solomon islanders
found a little of a separate world, a godly world, emptied of fear of covid or
any news of war. I do not know if these men know the Lord as their Savior, but
I pray that they do. As I was reading a commentary about this verse this
morning it said, “The way to
know God is to be still, and the way to be still is to know God.”

On a plane coming back home from Hawaii 27 years ago I was sitting next to
a young woman from the Solomon Islands. She was going back to college in Enid,
Oklahoma. She shared with me that she had been a party animal until she has
received Jesus as her Savior. She said that there had been a move of God on the
islands and one of the men responded to God’s call and came to the United
States to reach the islanders here. He first went to the college at Enid, and
many were saved and then some from that college went out to other colleges to
reach more of the islanders. God can change your life if you will let Him, I
know that He has changed mine!

As verse 1 of Psalm 46 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.” This is where we will find our safety, not in governments; and nations
will not find their safety in alliances either. The best place of safety
whether for a person or a country is in the hands of God, trusting in Him. The
Psalmist had experienced this for himself and for his nation and knew it to be
true.

Let us dig deep into the great riches of God
through His Word, through prayer, through fellowship with other believers, and
through serving those who are hurting. As we do, we will discover the stillness
of a refuge that takes us beyond the troubles of this world.

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 24 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for the
Ukrainians as they bravely face the Russian onslaught.

Please pray for all of the
Ukrainian refugees and those trying to care for them.

Please pray that the hearts
of the American leaders will change and do what is necessary to stop Putin. It
can be done without troops on the ground by simply allowing oil and gas
producers to again give us energy independence stopping our need to buy Russian
oil.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alice Martin; Andrew Cohen Winfield; Martha
and John W.; Alan Medders; Norman Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat
S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie;
Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph
and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John
W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda
Hutson.

(Please pray for 10-year-old Jo Jo
Stahlman who was saved recently at our church. Please pray that she will grow
rapidly in the faith and that she will be protected from evil. Please also pray
for Elizabeth Young Anderson a young woman who was also saved recently in our
church.)

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1853^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

11 March 2022

Be Still

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in
trouble.

Therefore we will not fear,

Even though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into
the midst of the sea. – Psalm 46:1-2 NKJV.

Come, behold the works of the Lord,

Who has made desolations in the earth.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;

He burns the chariot in the fire.

Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth!

The Lord of
hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah – Psalm 46:8-11 NKJV.

Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni of the Solomon Islands
planned to make a trip about 129 miles south along the coastlines of a couple
of islands as their guide. They were in a small boat with only a small motor,
but they had made the trip before and thought it would be safe enough.

Not long into their trip they ran into blinding rain
which made it where they could not see the islands that they were following.
Then, their GPS went out. They survived on just the little bit of food they had
brought with them and rainwater. They drifted 250 miles north instead of south, ending up being rescued near Papua New Guinea.

Nanjikana said about their misadventure, “I had no idea what was going on while I was out there. I
didn’t hear about Covid or anything else. I look forward to going back home but
I guess it was a nice break from everything.” (Thanks to “The Guardian” for this great story;
also, MSN 10.11.21; Sibconline 10.06.21)

As I look out my window this morning all is white as we
have had a little snowstorm. All the imperfections are gone, all is pure as God
has sent this snow upon us. It may be the last one before the spring rains and
storms come. But wouldn’t it be nice if God could paint the whole world in a
white splash of purity wiping out all of the ugliness that is so obvious in
these days. It would be beyond wonderful if God could make the whole
world, “white as snow (Isaiah 1:18).”

In their unintended adventure the two Solomon islanders
found a little of a separate world, a godly world, emptied of fear of covid or
any news of war. I do not know if these men know the Lord as their Savior, but
I pray that they do. As I was reading a commentary about this verse this
morning it said, “The way to
know God is to be still, and the way to be still is to know God.”

On a plane coming back home from Hawaii 27 years ago I was sitting next to
a young woman from the Solomon Islands. She was going back to college in Enid,
Oklahoma. She shared with me that she had been a party animal until she has
received Jesus as her Savior. She said that there had been a move of God on the
islands and one of the men responded to God’s call and came to the United
States to reach the islanders here. He first went to the college at Enid, and
many were saved and then some from that college went out to other colleges to
reach more of the islanders. God can change your life if you will let Him, I
know that He has changed mine!

As verse 1 of Psalm 46 says, “God is our refuge and strength, a very
present help in trouble.” This is where we will find our safety, not in governments; and nations
will not find their safety in alliances either. The best place of safety
whether for a person or a country is in the hands of God, trusting in Him. The
Psalmist had experienced this for himself and for his nation and knew it to be
true.

Let us dig deep into the great riches of God
through His Word, through prayer, through fellowship with other believers, and
through serving those who are hurting. As we do, we will discover the stillness
of a refuge that takes us beyond the troubles of this world.

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 24 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 8,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for the
Ukrainians as they bravely face the Russian onslaught.

Please pray for all of the
Ukrainian refugees and those trying to care for them.

Please pray that the hearts
of the American leaders will change and do what is necessary to stop Putin. It
can be done without troops on the ground by simply allowing oil and gas
producers to again give us energy independence stopping our need to buy Russian
oil.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alice Martin; Andrew Cohen Winfield; Martha
and John W.; Alan Medders; Norman Cupp; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb Freeman; Pat
S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie;
Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph
and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John
W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne S. and Shonda
Hutson.

(Please pray for 10-year-old Jo Jo
Stahlman who was saved recently at our church. Please pray that she will grow
rapidly in the faith and that she will be protected from evil. Please also pray
for Elizabeth Young Anderson a young woman who was also saved recently in our
church.)

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview
Baptist Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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