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6/22/2024
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MAGNIFICENT PRAYER by NICK HARRISON
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. (PSALM 46:10)
In order to really know God, inward stillness is absolutely
necessary. I remember when I first learned this. A time of
great emergency had risen in my life, when every part of my
being seemed to throb with anxiety, and when the necessity
for immediate and vigorous action seemed overpowering,
and yet circumstances were such that I could do nothing,
and the person who could, would not stir.
For a little while it seemed as if I must fly to pieces with
the inward turmoil, when suddenly the still small voice
whispered in the depths of my soul, "Be still, and know that
I am God." The word was with power, and I listened. I composed my body to perfect stillness, and I constrained my troubled spirit into quietness, and looked up and waited; and
then I did "know" that it was God, God even in the very emergency and in my helplessness to meet it; and I rested
in Him.
It was an experience that I would not have missed for
worlds; and I may add also, that out of this stillness seemed
to arise a power to deal with the emergency, that very soon
brought it to a successful issue. I learned then effectually
that my strength was to sit still. (Hannah Whitall Smith)
PRAY ABOUT IT: Emergencies prompt us to pray. But often
our prayers are tainted by our anxiety. We pray to God, but
with one eye still fixed to the trouble at hand. But when we look fully to God in stillness, with both eyes trained on Him,
we display our faith.
God knows full well about your current problem. Not once
has it been off His mind. And for that reason alone, you can
rest and be still about its resolution. In God's mind, the matter has already been settled. Watch and see.
BELOVED! LET US TAKE HIS STILLNESS!!
(A.B. SIMPSON) |
