Will NOT Be MOVED!

Psalm 46:5  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
 
Will not be moved...what an inspiring declaration!

Is it possible for us who are so easily moved by earthly things to come to a point where nothing can upset us or disturb our peace? 

The answer is yes, and the apostle Paul knew it.

When he was on his way to Jerusalem, the Holy Spirit warned him that “prison and hardships” awaited him.

Yet he could triumphantly say,“But none of these things move me”.

Act 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
 
Everything in Paul’s life and experience that could be disturbed had already been shaken...

And he no longer considered his life or any of his possessions as having any earthly value.

And if we will only let God have His way with us, we can come to the same point.

Then, like Paul, neither the stress and strain of little things...

Nor the great and heavy trials of life will have enough power to move us from “the peace of God, which transcends all understanding”.

Act 20:24  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

God declares this peace to be the inheritance of those who have learned to rest only on Him.

Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. 

Never again will he leave it.

Rev 3:12  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 

Becoming as immovable as a pillar in the house of God is such a worthy objective that we would gladly endure all the necessary trials that take us there!

~Hannah Whitall Smith~
 
When God is the center of a kingdom or a city, He makes it strong “like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken”.

Psa 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
 
And when God is the center of a soul, although disasters may crowd in on all sides and roar like the waves of the sea, there is a constant calm within.

The world can neither give nor take away this kind of peace.

What is it that causes people to shake like leaves today at the first hint of danger?

It is simply the lack of God living in their soul, and having the world in their hearts instead. 

~R. Leighton~

Psa 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

There is an old Scottish version of this psalm that strengthens our blood like iron...
 
Who clings to God in constant trust As Zion’s mount he stands full just...
 
And who moves not, nor yet does reel...
 
But stands forever strong as steel!