"My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him."
Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)
With all of the devices that people use today and all the different tones for phones ringing and notifications from different apps, we can sometimes experience an almost overwhelming level of noise. There are some places that have signs, or there may even be an announcement of some kind given, asking to switch your phone to silent. Doing this can eliminate distractions in places like concerts, seminars, movies, and in church. By switching our phones to silent, it can be much easier to focus on what is truly important without all of the extra noise going on.
Just like there can a be a lot of natural noise from things like cell phones, we can have so much "noise" going on in our mind that we have a hard time focusing on what is important. Our mind can be so busy with different thoughts that we get distracted from what we should pay attention to. This can especially happen to us in the area of faith and taking a stand on God's Word for something that He has promised us and made available to us through Jesus. David understood this and it is why he talked about keeping his soul quiet in Psalm 62.
One of the areas where we will have the biggest battles in our faith is with our thoughts and emotions, the soul. When we take a stand in faith, which is of the heart, the devil will come with contrary thoughts, in our mind (our soul), to try and distract us. David talked about quieting the soul and focusing on God, because God is where our faith, our expectation is from. When the wrong, distracting thoughts come, that is when we need to quiet our mind, switch it to silent, by keeping our focus on what God has said in His Word. This is how we silence our soul and continue standing in faith to receive the things that God has promised us.
Psalm 62:5 (NKJV)
With all of the devices that people use today and all the different tones for phones ringing and notifications from different apps, we can sometimes experience an almost overwhelming level of noise. There are some places that have signs, or there may even be an announcement of some kind given, asking to switch your phone to silent. Doing this can eliminate distractions in places like concerts, seminars, movies, and in church. By switching our phones to silent, it can be much easier to focus on what is truly important without all of the extra noise going on.
Just like there can a be a lot of natural noise from things like cell phones, we can have so much "noise" going on in our mind that we have a hard time focusing on what is important. Our mind can be so busy with different thoughts that we get distracted from what we should pay attention to. This can especially happen to us in the area of faith and taking a stand on God's Word for something that He has promised us and made available to us through Jesus. David understood this and it is why he talked about keeping his soul quiet in Psalm 62.
One of the areas where we will have the biggest battles in our faith is with our thoughts and emotions, the soul. When we take a stand in faith, which is of the heart, the devil will come with contrary thoughts, in our mind (our soul), to try and distract us. David talked about quieting the soul and focusing on God, because God is where our faith, our expectation is from. When the wrong, distracting thoughts come, that is when we need to quiet our mind, switch it to silent, by keeping our focus on what God has said in His Word. This is how we silence our soul and continue standing in faith to receive the things that God has promised us.
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