Being Still
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Gary Waddell – Victory Ministries Middle Tennessee – 1/28/2020
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
(Ps 46:10)
In the ‘busyness’ of this world, many followers of Christ claim their best fellowship with God is during their ‘drive time’ to work or while traveling. While I am not dictating how a person should worship God, I do know that we need peace and solitude with Him on a daily basis. “Being still” is important with all that is going on around us. The television could be our worst enemy blocking communication with the Lord. What is happening is that we are allowing ‘the world’ to seep into your hearts (sometimes flood) and at the very least, sharing our time with our Almighty Father ( 2 Cor 6:18 ).
Let’s turn off the TV and 'tune in' to God.
It is vital that we have a ‘quiet place’ such as a ‘prayer closet’ as Jesus told us to ‘enter into thy closet’ and ‘shut the door’ while praying ‘in secret to thy Father’ (Matt 6:6). Psalm 4:4 reads: Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. How wonderful it is to find so many confirmations in the Bible regarding ‘quietness’ and our ‘private time’ with God, our Father. While the Bible encourages us to pray together (Matt 18:19-20), God wants to hear from us individually. He wants each of us who are ‘followers of Christ’ to “be still” and worship Him.
Let us make a time to “be still” with God not only a habit, but a daily tradition with the One who has set us free from sin by sending His ‘only begotten Son’ to pay for those sins. Pray without ceasing (1 Thess 5:17). The benefits of quiet prayer and time with the Almighty God will far surpass all of the benefits and meager rewards of this earth.
Thank you for Taking 5 • Gary Waddell
Victory Ministries Middle Tennessee • iamnotashamed.com
God bless and bless GOD
