Psalm 46
The Psalm alternates between a description of rest and a description of action. The rest (verses 1, 4 - 5, 7, 11) speaks of God as our refuge, a peaceful safe place. The action (verses 2 - 3, 6, 8 - 10) speaks of jostling seas and mountains and of God’s control of them, as he controls the quaking events in our lives.
A refuge is a place to go to get away from an unwelcoming set of events. It is a place to be safe from them. God may be our refuge in two ways: we withdraw inwardly to where God is, or God protects us from the events that are happening around us. Verse four says, "there is a River". Is this the spirit of God? Is this the, "rivers of living water"? Is this the WORD, "the washing of water by the word"? It could possibly be all three.
Verses 4, 5 show that God is in us.
“There is a river whose streams make the city of God happy, the holy dwelling places of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved; God will help her [when morning dawns.”
You are of the city of God.
