Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 46:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Psalms 145:18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- Psalms 9:9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
- Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Psalms 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
- Psalms 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
- Psalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Deuteronomy 4:7
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.