Theme song

Have you ever gone to do something with a song in your head? I used to listen to non-Christian music as a teenager(there wasn't much alternative then) and many times I would wake up to my alarm playing music because I couldn't stand the sound of a regular alarm beeping in my ear. Sometimes it would be a good song, sometimes a not so good song. But regardless of what the song was, it was stuck in my head throughout my day. I would go to school, practice whereever with this song in my head. Isn't it funny how the first things we do in the morning stick with us. THey stay in our heads until we just can't get rid of them. I still to this day get a song stuck in my head at times and it follows me throughout the day. On race days I used to listen to certain songs that would get me more in a race mode. I had a certain cd that I had burned all my favorite songs onto to listen to on the ride over to Gainesville. This was all fine and well, but if I listened to something else earlier that morning, then after I got into the car and strapped in I would revert back to those songs.
I look at the lives of Paul and others and what "Psalms" they may have had stuck in their heads. These guys meditated on God's Word day and night so they had things in their minds that would stick with them much like music for me.
I think Psalm 46 is a good indicator of what the inside of Paul's head must have been like as he faced all forms of persecution. From floggings, to public humiliation, to false accusations to imprisonments, he did it all with a joyous heart and attitude.
Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see the works of the Lord, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire. "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

I believe these verses incapsulate all that Paul was, all that he stood for, and everything that helped him stand. He was an amazing example of the fact that God is an ever-present help in trouble. Paul showed no fear in the face of persecution and no sign of fear all he had to know was that God was there. Many times in the midst of near death experiences Paul simply sat there and endured all the world could throw at him. It was as if he was being still and knowing that God was in control.

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