Be Still And Know

Psalm 108:1-2 92 'My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart! Wake up, lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song.' Isn’t it wonderful when you can say that you have total confidence in someone? Perhaps it’s your doctor or dentist, a plumber or a friend that, without hesitation, you could recommend to anyone. You know that they would never let you down. But the reality, of course, is that they are human. However wonderful they might be, they could become sick and, just occasionally, they may forget. You cannot be 100 per cent certain that they will always be reliable. However, our confidence in God is wonderfully different. The psalmist was so confident of God that he burst into song! He knew that God would never let anyone down and so he grabbed every instrument in sight and decided to wake up the day with his song. Martin Luther was a man who showed his confidence in God by courageously standing up against the Church authorities of his time. It would ha