Pilgrim Baptist Church

Psalm 46:10 Isn't About Peace (It's About Power)


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You know Psalm 46:10—but you've been reading it wrong your entire life. 🎯 "Be still and know that I am God" isn't a peaceful coffee mug quote about calm mornings. It's a POWER command spoken in the middle of chaos—while mountains shake, waters roar, and nations rage. This sermon will completely transform how you understand what it means to be still before God. Why does God command stillness in Psalm 46? Because when we're constantly rushing—fixing problems, playing hero, running on our own strength—we can't hear His voice. We miss His deliverance. We steal His glory without even realizing it. In this message from Psalm 46:10, Pastor Fortunato reveals: • Why "be still and know" appears in the middle of complete chaos, not after it • The dangerous cycle of religious busyness that keeps us from hearing God • What Martin Luther understood about Psalm 46:1 that sustained the entire Reformation • Why men need to stop trying to be the hero in every situation • The Red Sea principle: what happens when you stand still and let God fight • How Isaiah 30:15 gives us the saddest invitation in Scripture—and why Israel rejected it This isn't about doing less for God. It's about stopping long enough to let God be God. The typical American Christian rushes to work, rushes through prayer, rushes to the next thing. Five minutes here, two minutes there. Always moving. Never still. And in that constant motion, we forfeit miracles we'll never know we missed. What if the inconvenience in your life right now—the thing slowing you down—is actually God's intervention? What if He's trying to force you to be still so you can finally hear what He's been trying to say for months?
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Pilgrim Baptist ChurchBy Jimmy Fortunato