万军之耶和华与我们同在；雅各的上帝是我们的避难所！-诗篇46篇11节

“We’ve created more information in the last five years than in all of human history before it, and it’s coming at us all the time” (Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload).  “In a sense,” Levitin says, “we become addicted to the hyperstimulation.” The constant barrage of news and knowledge can dominate our minds. In today’s environment of media bombardment, it becomes increasingly difficult to find time to be quiet, to think, and to pray.

著有《大脑超载时代的思考学》一书的丹尼尔·列维廷（Daniel Levitin）说：“我们在过去五年内所创造的资讯，远胜于过往人类历史的资讯总和，每天都不断地冲击我们??在某种层面上来说，我们已沉迷在过度刺激之中。”我们所思所想，都是媒体的报导和流传的消息。在今日媒体轰炸的环境中，我们越来越不容易找到时间安静、默想和祷告。

Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God,” reminding us of the necessity to take time to focus on the Lord. Many people find that a “quiet time” is an essential part of each day—a time to read the Bible, pray, and consider the goodness and greatness of God.

诗篇46篇10节说：“你们要休息，要知道我是上帝！”这提醒我们安排时间亲近上帝、专注于祂是必要的。许多人发现，每天安静亲近上帝，读经、祷告，并思想上帝的美善和伟大，是非常重要、不可或缺的。

When we, like the writer of Psalm 46, experience the reality that “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (v. 1), it drives our fear away (v. 2), shifts our focus from the world’s turmoil to God’s peace, and creates a quiet confidence that our Lord is in control (v. 10).

当我们像诗篇46篇的作者一样，真实经历到“上帝是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们在患难中随时的帮助”（1节），便能不再惧怕（2节），将焦点从世界的纷扰，转向上帝所赐的平安，并坚信上帝做王掌权（10节）。

No matter how chaotic the world may become around us, we can find quietness and strength in our heavenly Father’s love and power.

无论周遭的世界变得多么混乱，我们都能在天父的爱和权能中安静休息并得到力量。

Heavenly Father, we bring our noisy lives and our cluttered minds to You so that we can learn to be still and know that You are God.

天父，我们将喧闹的生活、
杂乱的心思带到祢面前，
求祢让我们学习安静休息，知道祢是上帝。

Psalm 46New International Version (NIV)

1 God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.[c]

4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
    God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
    he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.

8 Come and see what the Lord has done,
    the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields[d] with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The Lord Almighty is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress.

整理：于姊妹