Seedsower Music:: What's In A Name?

Emmanuel means GOD WITH US. That's good, right? So just why are we so anxious? What gives? Fretting offends God, because it implies that he won't come through. How can trust shove doubt aside, and we become God trusters instead?

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What's In A Name?

December 28, 2008

There they were, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to dread. Psalm 53:5

Does the above verse describe you? You don't have to go far to here dire economic forecasts these days. The way out is not at all clear, and smoldering fear gets quickly fanned into flame. Anxiety takes root and grows, and our ability to trust in God gets choked.

God saw Isaiah going down a path of despair, and warned him...

The Lord spoke to me with his strong hand on me, warning me not to follow the way of this people. He said:

"Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. The Lord Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, and he will be a sanctuary..." Isaiah 8:11-14

So, as we come to a new year, don't take your cue from the main stream media, from newpapers, or blogs. Be in God's word, hear from him. Let him be your sanctuary, your place of refuge. The hymnwriter put it wonderfully....

Be still, my soul:
thy God doth undertake
To guide the future,
as He has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence
let nothing shake;
All now mysterious
shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul:
the waves and winds
still know His voice
Who ruled them
while He dwelt below.

Be still, my soul:
the hour is hastening on
When we shall be
forever with the Lord.
When disappointment,
grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot,
love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul:
when change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed
we shall meet at last.

Be still, my soul:
begin the song of praise
On earth, believing,
to thy Lord on high;
Acknowledge Him
in all thy works and ways,
So shall He view
thee with a well-pleased eye.
Be still, my soul:
the Sun of life divine
Through passing clouds
shall but more brightly shine.

Words: Katharina A. von Schlegel
Music: Jean Sibelius