Seek
His Face
“The
LORD your God is
with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he
will quiet you with his love and he will rejoice over you with
singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
Have you ever heard God sing? He must have a voice more
beautiful
than an angel! To hear it would take great silence
and
waiting on Him. If you are still and hear
God's voice, what will you hear? You will
hear him
loving you, singing and rejoicing over you, affirming
you and giving you direction for your life. Nothing could be sweeter
than the communion that two friends have when they come together with
so much in common. Nothing can be more precious than the special times
a parent spends with their child. Imagine the Father's joy when you
spend time together in each other's company.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
God’s people are commanded to “be still”
in this
verse. It is part of our responsibility to our covenant with
God.
In the Old Testament it was for Israel and still is, and today, it is
also given to Christians . Galatians 3:26-29).
The word “be still in Hebrew means raphah. It
refers that
which has been let go without conviction or also to be disheartened or
weak.
In this particular passage, to be still is referring to being
weak. Here is the irony in this term “be
still.”
While we will have our responsibilities we will always face challenges
in this temporal world. Even though we can take initiative to see our
responsibilities through, it does not say that we do not need to rely
on God. (James 4:13-17).
This command — “be still” —
causes us to think
of how limited and finite we are, and that God is so infinite. In light
of this, since He is so infinite, we need to drop our hands, go limp,
relax, and “chill out.” We need to “come,
behold the
works of Jehovah,” as it says in verse 8 so that we
can
enjoy a calm confidence in God.
“Shall he not also with him freely give us all
things?”
Paul reasoned (Romans 8:32). Psalm 46:10 encourages us to reflect on
what God can do in the face of what we are unable to do. This
“stillness” that God commands, does not come from a
worry
free, trouble free life. It comes from a deep and steady flow
of
reflection on the ways of God and his intervention on behalf of His
people ( Romans 15:4).
It
seems that
my world and
your world is changing and falling apart and so we are encouraged not
to waiver in our faith simply because we have taken time to be still
and know our God.
In this temporal world that tosses and turns, He is a sure
foundation. We need to stay tuned in to His voice at all
times. Sometimes in this busy and noisy world, silence can be
an
irritating sound. The kind of silence I'm talking about is the kind
that you find when you just shut down the world around you and quiet
yourself to think. We can get so busy that we
forget to
contemplate and listen. Therefore we can miss valuable opportunities
God has for us, and miss the blessings He has for us too.
Wow! We
are on a journey and yet if we don't quiet ourselves to hear from Him,
we can miss wonderful opportunities and blessings that we could receive
while on our journey. This is quite profound and startling to
me. It makes me want to stop and evaluate things
right now
to determine whether I'm really listening or not. What about
you?
In this world, silence and quietness can be lonely. At first
it
may feel like a desert, dry and without life. When we take time to
quiet ourselves, eventually that desert turns into a beautiful garden
where you and God walk together in fellowship and communion.
It
will flourish with beauty as you grow in who God has called you to
be. Each day we need to stop filling our lives with busyness
that
is just emptiness in disguise. Saying “no” to some
commitments will free up necessary time. This is time that should not
be sacrificed even when there are important things to attend to.
Nothing is more important than that moment you need to take and quiet
yourself before God, worship Him and have conversation in His
presence. During the remainder of the 40 days, it is
important to
continue in this way with humbleness as well as a broken and contrite
heart. You will find chains break off. New victories and liberties will
be found to know Him and serve Him in a greater capacity. You will see
yourself through His eyes. A beautiful sight.
PRAYER:
Lord, help me to be sensitive to your voice. I want to hear you when
you call me so that I can learn from you, fellowship in your presence
and know your will for my life. Help me to break away from
busyness and help me turn to you so that I will see all that you have
for me that I may serve you in a greater way. I
worship you
and give you priority in my quiet times and my busy times.
Teach
me to be still and recognize you for who you are in my life. God of
power and of love, beyond all majesty and kings. In Jesus' Name, Amen
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