Introduction: Where do you go when your facing trouble? Who do you turn to? How can we find strength to face the challenges of life? Sooner or later, we will need a refuge. Read Psalm 46. Some scholars believe that this is a description of king Hezekiah when he was surrounded by the enemies of God. Needless to say, this is a greatly beloved Psalm. Martin Luther titled it “A Mighty Fortress.”

1. Psalm 46:1-3 

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”

The first stanza:

2. Psalm 46:4, 5

“4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. 5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.”

The 2nd stanza:

3. Psa 46:10

“10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

The 3rd stanza:

Conclusion: 

Listen to the last stanza: 

That Word above all earthly powers

no thanks to them abideth;

the Spirit and the gifts are ours

through him who with us sideth.

Let goods and kindred go,

this mortal life also;

the body they may kill:

God’s truth abideth still;

Amen!!