BE STILL AND KNOW!! I AM THAT I AM (YHWH)

Being still -- what a challenge for us today with our hurried schedules and responsibilities. But Oswald Chambers reminds us: 'The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God."

We have so many people and responsibilities, appointments and duties, jobs and to-do lists vying for our time.

With our attention scattered in so many different directions and on so many things, it can be difficult to slow down enough to focus on God.

"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes!"
I Samuel 12:16

I love this Scripture today... God is directly telling us "Hey! Pay attention! I'm doing something here!" Just as Samuel was telling the people.

They had lost their focus on God and were placing their faith in material things, even to the extent of making them little gods.

Sound familiar?
Samuel had prayed and God was about to show himself in a mighty miraculous way – stormy thunderous rain. Miraculous because it was out of season, without any appearance of rain occurring naturally and on God's command.

Isn’t this how God gets our attention sometimes?

Everything is going well, smoothly, favorably; and we begin to take our focus off God and onto other things, our little gods.

We begin to take credit for what God has sent as blessings – good will, job promotion, financial stability, bright open clear skies.

We become enamored with people in our lives, listening more to our pastor or Bible teachers, depending on them for spiritual nourishment instead of going directly to the source, God.

We become reliant on things for spiritual, emotional or physical fulfillment; being more consumed with the short term gratification brought by temporal things instead of focusing on the eternal riches of heaven.

When this happens, often God has to do something large to get our attention refocused; just as He was about to do here for the people of Israel. Something totally unexpected was about to rain down on them, literally - a miracle, and the pure effect of His almighty power.

God is raining miracles - are we paying attention?

Reading this today makes me wonder just how many times God has rained down a miracle in my life and I was too busy otherwise to even notice.

Blessings Soul Friends,
We’ve curated 31 scriptures to help you understand the power of rest.

Isaiah 40:31 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Mark 4:39
And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Proverbs 3:24
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Zechariah 2:13 Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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