Still- Hillsong... Day 3 of 31 days of worship

When I first heard this song in college, I fell in love with it. I was going through a rough patch... I was struggling with identity, school, rivalries and boys... Praise team practice came around that week and I grudginly went. We started with this song... a new one that our pianist had heard and wanted to present to us. As I listened to the words, it was all I could do to keep from crying. In the pain and struggles, hardships and frustrations I was being surrounded by God.It was the first time that I even got chills while worshipping.
Psalm 46:10 says that we should be still and know that he is God... It goes on to read that the Lord Almighty is with us....
I love the line that says When the oceans rise and thunders roar... I will soar with you above the storm... Father you are king over the flood... I always liked the verse in Isaiah that said those who renew their hope in the Lord will mount up on wings like eagles... eagles are so majestic and graceful... I've always loved that verse, but had an eye opening thought the other day while sitting in church. I love the x-men movies and in the third movie, there is a character named Warren Worthington (Archangel) who is a mutant... his mutation is that he has these beautiful white wings... he can literally fly... in one scene, he is running away from his father and the mutant antidote and he crashes through a window and soars away...

I know we don't have wings and can't fly... but it was a really great visual.
When we are weary and can't move another step... God's right there to pick us up... like that visual of Archangel... we are lifted up and carried through... Now let's back track a little... we aren't the ones that are strong... it's all God... starting in verse 28 we read: Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
It is by God's strength that we are made strong... when we cry out to him for help and strength, he is right there beside us, helping us through... sometimes, we have to limp through the pain of the storms... but we are never alone in those storms...
Plumb released a song entitled: Need you now... and the chorus reads: How many times have you heard me cry out "God please take this"? How many times have you given me strength to Just keep breathing? Oh, I need you... God, I need you now.
Going into verse 30: Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Hide me now... under your wings... cover me, within your mighty hand.
These verse and the song Still are very close to my heart.... they are a reminder to be still in the midst of the chaos and noise... to remember that God is in control... he is the commander of the waves and seas... he is the Lord over all... Be still and know he is God.