Don’t Miss him

Scripture: Psalm 46

Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Introduction:

when I was 18, on the outside I looked like someone who was confident, joyful, and someone unbothered by things around me. But the reality was on the inside I was an anxious mess. Anxiety wreaked havoc on my heart for years, until it manifested into attacks, fainting, and even seizures coming to.

It all started when I stumbled onto my grandfathers porn collection in his garage. A box, full of magazines he had collected over the years, tucked away in a corner under rubble waiting to be found.. And I found it. And that day a deep darkness grabbed hold of my heart. Shame. Fear. And a cycle that trapped me and slowly began to work on the foundation of what I thought I believed. The Gospel. The next year my little brother lost his leg in a horrible accident that I could have prevented. The next year right before my 16th birthday my mom was diagnosed with a horrible case of breast cancer which kept her in bed most days for almost a year. The next year my porn addiction had taken over my life, and I began to toy with the idea of what killing myself would be like. I would hold a gun to my head in my room and slowly pull the trigger back as far as I could searching for that “tipping point”. Even two years ago my son was diagnosed with 4 extreamly rare heart defects, that will mean he will spend his life in heart failure.

Transition to the text:

The Lord in his Kindness, got me alone so that I could “Be still and know that he is God”

1. Be Still

Sin and Satan will keep you distracted

He will tempt you with striving

He will tempt you with glory

2. Until you Know God

Things this passage tells us about God

He is our Refuge

Our Strength

Our Help

Present with us

His Power

His Aim

I will be exalted among the nations