"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)
One thing that we do not have a great abundance of in this world is stillness and quiet. Sometimes there is so much happening in our lives that we don't take the time to just be still, get quiet, and listen to what God has to say. There are times when our mind and our body are so active that we have a difficult time listening to what God is saying to us in our hearts. If we want to be successful in life and effective with what we do for God we must find time to close out all of the things going on around us, be still, and spend time with God.
We live in a world of mass communication and often we have so many sources of input and so many different voices speaking to us that we have trouble knowing what we should really listen to. Sometimes it seems as though we have forgotten to use the "off switch" for all of the things going on in our life and we have gotten to the point where we just accept all of this constant activity as normal. If we are always busy with phone calls, emails, Facebook posts, tweets, appointments, activities with friends and family, projects, and so on we will become more outward focused and less inward sensitive.
God will speak to us, but with all of the other things we have going on His voice might be hard to distinguish. God is not going to shout to make Himself heard above all of our activities and noise but when we take the time to stop, to be still, and get quiet to spend some time with Him we will find that He is ready and waiting. If you have been feeling stressed, overloaded with work and the concerns of life, or if you just need to get some clarification from God about how He wants you to do some things then it is time be still, get quiet, and spend some time with God. Be still and give God the opportunity to speak to you today.
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)
One thing that we do not have a great abundance of in this world is stillness and quiet. Sometimes there is so much happening in our lives that we don't take the time to just be still, get quiet, and listen to what God has to say. There are times when our mind and our body are so active that we have a difficult time listening to what God is saying to us in our hearts. If we want to be successful in life and effective with what we do for God we must find time to close out all of the things going on around us, be still, and spend time with God.
We live in a world of mass communication and often we have so many sources of input and so many different voices speaking to us that we have trouble knowing what we should really listen to. Sometimes it seems as though we have forgotten to use the "off switch" for all of the things going on in our life and we have gotten to the point where we just accept all of this constant activity as normal. If we are always busy with phone calls, emails, Facebook posts, tweets, appointments, activities with friends and family, projects, and so on we will become more outward focused and less inward sensitive.
God will speak to us, but with all of the other things we have going on His voice might be hard to distinguish. God is not going to shout to make Himself heard above all of our activities and noise but when we take the time to stop, to be still, and get quiet to spend some time with Him we will find that He is ready and waiting. If you have been feeling stressed, overloaded with work and the concerns of life, or if you just need to get some clarification from God about how He wants you to do some things then it is time be still, get quiet, and spend some time with God. Be still and give God the opportunity to speak to you today.
1 comment:
Amen, Jim! Amen!
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