My daily devos...

So, I thought that sense I'm pretty much a failure at writing anything new and noteworthy that I would start just posting my daily devotions each day. Of course, I will be trying to keep this short and sweet, so it will not consist of all my devotional musings but that which God lays most heavily upon me that day.

This will do a couple of things (hopefully). It will keep me accountable to a daily devotional time w/God as I awake each day already thinking of the myriad of things I need (or so I think) to do. It may also spark some better material that I might then share to the relief of those who get tired of my daily gabbing. Finally, I hope that it will be an encouragement to you, the readers.

So, here goes...

"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

In the entirety of the Psalm, the Psalmist speaks of God's protection and care for His people. Truly, God is a refuge for His people; He is our only sure foundation and solid rock upon which we might brave the experiences of this world. Though natural disaster and/or human agitation and calamity may fall upon us we are to hope in God - for our God is both creator and sustainer of life! We have a God who is strong to save! He will protect us in our most horrific times and deliver us from our pressing foes - both from within and without. This is the God the Psalmist speaks to us of.

But, then comes God's word to His people. He tells us to "Be still, and know that I am God." This is a strange word to us today. Stillness and quietness are a lost art form amongst us. Busyness, busyness, busyness... this is what seems to define the Christian person in our midst. But, God says "be still" - He wants us to settle down, take a break and just marvel in Him. He wants us to put away all of our distractions (people or otherwise) and "know" Him. He also reminds us that He "is God." We are not God and we must recognize this. We cannot see the future; we cannot altar the past and we surly cannot manipulate the present. Whatever may come upon us is often out of our control - but not God's. He is God and He is our hope and security. Thus, He "will be exalted." He will be high and lifted up in all things! He is lifted up among the "nations" and the "earth." Both people and nature are subject to God's sovereign love and purpose. He will bring glory to Himself and good to His creation - this is His promise.

Thus, it must be in stillness that I find this rejuvenated picture of my great heavenly Father. He desires that I stop, not that I seem unproductive, but that I may draw near to the one who is ever productive. It is in these still and quiet times that I know that God is God and I am not. This serves as the catalyst to my shifting perspective that God is all I need!

For His Kingdom...