seeking silence...

All seems noisy... in my head and heart...

Driving along... listening to an audiobook...
my thoughts interfere... and I can't hear...!

With a few extra minutes...
sitting in the car...
engine running
heater blowing...
rain pattering on the roof...
I sit seeking silence...

Not absence of external noise...
but absence of inner noise...
the silence of a quiet spirit...
is what I seek...
the place where He can be heard...

Finally...
the quiet descends...
heart stills...
spirit opens...
to listen...

How are you at seeking silence lately...? are your thoughts... heart... spirit... too noisy...?

Find a still place...
sit...
be still...
settle into His presence...
listen...

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you;

I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you,

in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Psalm 63:1 NIV

called to be still...

On a day... during a season... of being pressed...
He calls me... to... be... still...

"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 ESV

Be still... know... He is God...

not just my God... but God of all...

Resting in His goodness... faithfulness... sovereignty...

Trusting... He is in my midst...

I will not be moved...

He is my help...

I... will... be... still...

He will be... exalted...

In a world where He doesn't get much mind...
some wonder... Where is He...?

His church neglects His Word...
whole peoples follow other gods...
individuals follow their own way... instead of seeking His...

Where is He...?

When people rebel... and say He isn't...
when nations systematically... extinguish those who Believe...
when His own people... feebly praise... worship... wander...

Where is He...?

Where is He when He's neglected... ignored...
made smaller than He actually is...?

Where is He...?

He's present...
patiently waiting...
for those He knows are coming...
for those whose time has not yet come...

But those of us who know...
who fret when He's made little of...
who feel inept in our ability to praise Him adequately...
need not fear for His reputation...

We need only be still... and wait...

"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 ESV

He... will... be... exalted...
every knee bent to Him...
every heart recognize Him...
the day will come...

He... will... be... exalted...

be still... and know...

The need to know His holiness... and who we are before Him... reminds me...

He calls us... into His presence... to be still and know... His holiness...

"Be still and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted on earth!"

Psalm 46:10 ESV

I challenge you today... myself too...

Be still...

This morning... as I asked for a Word today... He directed me to Psalm 65...

Grab your Bible...

perhaps your journal... a pen...

and find a quiet place... to sit...

Ask for your own Word...

or open to Psalm 65...

Sit... read... meditate...

in His presence...

for thirty minutes...

Be still... and know...

Note... 

If you feel led... let us know here... at this table... what you came to know of Him... and His holiness...

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