Be Still

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don Noble of Pure

Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy.

Tonight's message is be still and know that I Am God. This is the

prophetic word for twenty twenty four that I have been promising to share with you.

Sometimes it's the simplicity of a scripture that has the most profound effect on

us spiritually. Be still and know that I Am God happens to be one

of those. I have never had so many confirmations about a prophetic word,

ever, this one just I just kept getting confirmation after confirmation after confirmation.

And this word is for the entire body of Christ for the year twenty twenty

four and beyond. You know, it's important for you to understand what a

prophetic word is, because some of you have grown up in churches and you

have no clue what that even means. But what a prophetic word is,

It's something the Lord speaks to his servants that he once shared with the body,

with his body of believers. So if we look back at the Old

Testament, there were prophets and the Lord would speak to that prophet, and

then the prophet would deliver the message. Well, there are still prophets today,

and God speaks to people and they deliver the message. So I'm delivering

the message to you today now this particular scripture. Be still and know that

I am God. This is Psalm forty six, Verse ten is where you

can find that scripture. And what I want to share is that this scripture

is carrying the weightiness of the Lord's glory. Now what do I mean by

weighty? For this season of time, this new year of twenty twenty four,

this scripture will carry you into the most profound piece you've ever experienced.

Now, there's there's an if there, and I'll explain that it's weighty because

of its importance pertaining to circumstances that will unfold this year and beyond. It's

not a scary word. You shouldn't fear what's coming, because the weightiness of

this word will carry you and keep you. That's if if you meditate on

this word. That's if you put that word deep down in your spirit.

That's if you cause yourself to pay attention to this word, to on this

word, and stand on this word when circumstances begin to unfold that are not

very positive. I'll just say it that way. So if you do what

I'm telling you to do, then you shouldn't fear what's coming, because the

weightiness of this word will carry you and keep you. I'm absolutely positive.

Of course, there's a condition to it, as I said, not only

that this word, this scripture will cause you to experience an experiential and unprecedented,

unprecedented moment of God's glory. Like I said, if you meditate on

this scripture and you ask the Lord to show you exactly how he wants you

to be still, and you ask him, how can I really know you?

How can I really perceive you? How can I really experience your presence

like never before? I guarantee you you'll begin to experience a little taste of

His glory. So if you've never done that before, this is a really

fun experience. It's an awesome experience to be in the Lord's presence. So

you got to talk to him. You have to ask him, ask,

seek knock now. Isaiah chapter sixty, verse one and two says, this

arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the

Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,

and deep darkness the people. But the Lord will rise or rise over

you, and his glory will be seen upon you. So this is what

I'm telling you about this scripture. When you get into that place where you're

meditating on this scripture, you're talking to the Lord, show me what this

exactly means for my life, and you ask him to show you, to

allow you to experience, perceive, understand what it is to know him.

Then you will begin to experience his glory. The scripture says, So says

the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Boom says, the Lord

will arise over you, and his glory will be seen upon you. I

have been in the presence of ministers where while they are ministering, there is

so much glory on them. It's amazing. Now, maybe you've never had

that experience. If you haven't, I don't know what to tell you.

But I have. And these are men and women of God who carry the

glory of the Lord. Why because they stay in his presence. They're full

of the spirit, they're full of God's word, and so when they minister,

there's so much light emanating from them. I even remember telling one one

of the ministers after he ministered. Later, I said, there was so

much much glory on you. There was so much light emanating from you.

And of course people have to walk in purity. So you can't be walking

in all kinds of sin and think and think that the glory of the Lord's

going to be seen upon you. It doesn't work that way. No,

You've got to walk in the purity and the holiness of the Lord. So

now that I've said all of that, I want to say that this message

is going to be at least minimum three parts. So Part one is today.

Part one is the overall big picture, and Part one is emphasizing putting

away worldly attractions over spiritual blessings. Part two, we're going to examine the

lives of biblical characters that show this scripture. You know, you're going to

see in the lives of these people. You're going to see this scripture up

close and personal. Part three is going to focus on a resting place,

being buried with Christ, and finally being seated with Christ in heavenly places.

So this is one of the most unique words. I mean, I you

know, it has to be the Lord. I didn't just go pick this

scripture. I'm telling you, he highlighted it to me over and over and

over and over again. So I'm going to share with you what He has

shown me about this scripture. And as much as it's blessed me, I'm

assuming and hoping that it's going to bless you in the same way. So

to begin, I have to dissect this scripture, starting by look looking at

that word still. And of course it's written in the Hebrew, so I

have to look in the Hebrew to see what exactly does this word still mean.

And this is what it means. It means resting place, it means

quiet, ease, peacefully, silent, undisturbed, and abode cessation. So

we'll be we'll be looking at those things. Now, most of us know

that we cannot hear God without being quiet. You can't be I don't know.

You can't be fussing and human and carrying on and whatever and hear the

Lord. You got to be quiet in your spirit, in your soul.

But to know God, that's to hear God. To know God God is

that you have to spend time with him. So this is time spent worshiping

Him, talking to him, waiting on him, and it's not just a

one time get together. And by the way, waiting on him so that

you can hear what he's saying, You're gonna have to be patient. You

may have to sit there a while or kneel there a while. So this

is a journey, and it would probably be safe to say it's a journey

of a lifetime because once you have a deep and lasting encounter with Jesus,

you actually you'll want to be with him more and more. So this is

this isn't a one night stand. This is this is a journey of a

lifetime. And I assure you, when you know I'm hoping to hear some

some wonderful testament is I pray that you'll you'll share those with me, either

by email or letter or whatever, because I think this word, this word,

this scripture is so weighty, and I think you're going to see exactly

what that means. Now. One of the interesting things about this particular scripture

is the context in which it's written. Now I'm going to read to you

out of the amplified Bible, and I want you to pay close attention.

I want you to well, actually, it would be helpful if you read

along in your own Bible, but I found that the amplified says it a

little stronger, and so I want you to just pay close attention. There's

eleven scriptures. I'm going to take my time. The tenth scripture is the

one we're focusing on. But I need to share the context of the scripture

because then it will make more sense. Now. Psalm forty six was written

by the Sons of Cora, and it was actually a song, as most

psalms are. And here we go Verse one. God is our refuge and

strength, mighty and impenetrable to temptation, a very present and well proved help

in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,

and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas, though its

waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult,

se La, pause and calmly think of that there is a river whose streams

shall make glad. The City of God, the holy place of the Tabernacles

of the Most High God, is in the midst of her. She shall

not be moved. God will help her right early at the dawn of the

morning, the nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved. He uttered

his voice, and the earth melted. The Lord of Hosts is with us.

The God of Jacob is our refuge, our fortress, and our high

tower. See Lah. Pause and calmly think of that. Come behold the

works of the Lord who has wrought desolations and wonders in the earth. He

makes wars to cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow

in pieces and snaps the spear into He burns the chariots in the fire.

Now here's our verse, verse ten. Let be and be still and know,

recognize and understand that I am God. I will be exalted among the

nations. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is

with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge, our high tower and

stronghold. See Lah. Pause and calmly think of that. Okay, And

by the way, if you're not familiar with the word see lah. Not

every version of the Bible uses that word. But what it means is exactly

what I shared. Selah means pause and calmly think of that. Now,

this is why we must be still and no God, because though the Earth

should change, and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the sea,

and though its waters roar, and though the mountains tremble at its swelling

and tumult, which just means loud noise of confusion or disorder. These verses

are a picture of the Earth right now, and a few speak of the

future. But there are physical changes and there are spiritual changes. Many glaciers

have disappeared, springs have dried up. I don't know if you're aware,

but the Frate's River is drying up. And I'm not a climate change believer,

so you know, I'm just sharing because these are real occurrences. Now,

I've seen with my own eyes that at Mammoth Springs and Yellstone, that's

the northern part of the park. My first visit was in nineteen ninety and

the springs there were overflowing and many in number. I was back there in

twenty nineteen, thirty years later, and hardly any water was flowing. I've

been to the Grand Tetons many times, and the one glacier that's very obvious.

You can see it from the highway. It's very easy to see.

Thirty years later it has shrunk a lot. The waters are roaring. Japan

experienced a major tsunami in twenty eleven. You remember it knocked out Fukushima Nuclear

power plant. That earthquake. That earthquake alone shifted the Earth on its axis

of rotation by redistributing mass. It's like putting a dent in a spinning top.

That earthquake shortened the length of a day by about a micro second.

I mean, that is amazing. The jolt moved Japan's main island of Honshu

eastward by eight feet. About two hundred and fifty miles of Japan's northern Honshu

coast dropped by two feet. The Pacific Plate slid westward near the epicenter of

this earthquake by seventy nine feet. And that tsunami, which occurred in Japan

broke icebergs off the Salzburger ice shelf in Antarctica. Do you think the Earth

is moving? Do you think things are shaking and changing? I mean,

when I found this information, I I was kind of like, WHOA,

I don't hear anybody talking about part of an island moving eight feet. I

haven't heard anybody talk about the Pacific Plate sliding seventy nine feet. I mean,

this is big stuff, this is incredible. So yes, though the

Earth should change. Well, the Earth is changing, and the mountains be

shaken, and they are shaking, and the water is roaring. Now verse

three, the water, the waters roar, and the mountains tremble. Twenty

twenty three, Mount Etna and Sicily became exceedingly active this year on December first,

just pouring down a ton of lava and it was considered a major eruption.

This was just a month ago. Now I was I'm trying to think

what year that was. I'm not sure, but I was ten feet from

that active lava flowing roughly fifteen well there were fifteen years ago. So I

was at My husband and I were there and there were no chains and we

were standing ten freet feet from the actual lava flowing. Now, I could

go on and on about many more eruptions, but I mean December eighteenth of

twenty twenty three, So again, just about a month ago, Iceland had

a major eruption, a volcanic eruption. Yes, the Earth and its mountains

and oceans are changing. We all know the spiritual changes that have swept the

globe. I don't need to get into that. We've talked about it many

times. You all know it. The degradation of culture is not just limited

to the United States. It's all over the world. But there's good news.

Verse four says that there is a river whose streams makes glad the city

of God. Yes, October seventh, we witnessed the most heinous crimes against

the Israeli people by Hamas. But scripture says Jerusalem shall not be moved.

That's what it says in this Psalm forty six. Look at verse six says

the nations raged, the kingdoms tottered or crumbled and were moved. I'd say

that there were some nations raging Lebanon, for instance, Syria, Iran,

they raged against Israel. And now and now we see so many nations and

people groups raging against the Jewish people in twenty twenty four. I'm telling you,

watch God's voice thunder and see the earth melt. Verse seven, the

Lord of heaven armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge,

our fortress, our high tower. See law. And that's out of

the New Living Translation as well. For verse eight, come see the glorious

works of the Lord, see how he brings destruction upon the world. And

verse ten, Be still and know that I am God. I will be

honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. So the

context for that scripture is to understand that knowing God, recognizing and understanding that

He is going to make the nations know that there is someone much greater,

with greater power to determine how the future goes. The world economic form isn't

going to determine how the future goes. God is greater than any man.

Now, that will probably happen after the rapture, but things are already beginning

to shift in our favor, albeit slow. But God is making himself known

to many people groups across the world. So even though you know we don't

often get to see all the positive things, I can tell you that God

is moving across the entire world. Now what I'm going to do next week

is I'm going to show you in the scriptures people in the Bible who had

there be still and know that I Am God experiences and how it changed them,

literally changed them. You see, there's that old hymn, turn your

eyes upon Jesus says, turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his

wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light

of his glory and grace. When we are being still, when we are

being silent, peaceful, and undisturbed, then we turn our eyes upon Jesus,

we look full into his wonderful face. We will begin to know him.

We will begin to understand things we haven't known before. I guarantee you

that the things of this world will begin to grow strangely dim, strangely dim,

and you are going to begin to desire the things of the spiritual realm

much more than the worldly realm. Now this is my heart's desire. I

hope it's your heart's desire. Because Jesus is peace, he is love,

he is good. So I want to end this broadcast by asking the question,

do you know him? If you don't know him as your Lord and

savior, I'd like you to pray this prayer after me. Just say,

Jesus, I want to know your peace and love and goodness. I invite

you into my heart to live there forever. The Bible says, if I

confess Jesus with my mouth and I believe God raised Jesus from the dead.

I shall be saved. Thank you for saving me. Make me clean.

I'm sorry for my sins and every wicked thing that I've ever done. Cleanse

me with your blood and make me clean and pure. I make you my

Lord and my savior. I will serve you all the days of my life.

Amen. If you prayed that prayer with me, would you be so

kind to email me? My email is simple, it's all lowercase. It's

all one word, Dawn Dawn at pure Heart dot today. That's Dawn Dawn

at pure Heart dot today. Or you can write me at Pure Heart Ministries,

PO Box eighty five, Valley Grove, West, Virginia, two six

six Oh. I sure have enjoyed being with you all tonight. Please continue

to pray for this ministry and I certainly do look forward to seeing you and

talking with you next week about this very profound scripture. Be still and know

that I am God. Well. This is Don Noble saying to you,

Shalom shalom, Peace be unto you.