Faith Forum by Gloria Wessner - Be Still

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In today's world of high speed internet, fast lane living, the pressures of job, family life and all the extra curricular activities we enjoy doing and in all that squeezing in a few hours sleep – there aren't many people who know how to 'be still.' Some may practice various forms of meditation; go for a walk or settle down to read a good book, but even these quieter times don't cause us to think much beyond ourselves at the present time and our place in the world.
God invites us to really be still, for very good reasons:
 “Be still, and know that I am God!...” (Psalm 46:10a NLT)
There is no better way to get to know God than to be quiet and still with an open heart. He does not come to us with megaphones and neon flashing lights to make himself known to us. He most often comes when our hearts are quiet and receptive to his message. When we are still, we can know that he is indeed, “God.”
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:10 KJV)
Another very good reason to be still is so that we are able to communicate and 'reason' with him about the condition of our heart. Even though wrongdoings (sin) come between us and God, when we reason with him or as another translation puts it: “Come now, let's settle this,” says the LORD… (Isaiah 1:10a NLT) we are able to see that our heart condition is fatal unless we are rescued by Him. In choosing His cure of our condition, our wrongdoings are made right by the death of his son, Jesus, and we are free to live for him and have the abundant life he promised:
“The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” (John 10:10 NLT) The thief here is the devil whose only purpose is to steal, kill and destroy us and all that is good. The stark contrast here is that Jesus' purpose is to give each and every human being a 'rich and satisfying life' – in Him.

If you would like to know more about this rich and satisfying life, feel free to write me at: gloriawes@hotmail.com, and I will be glad to get back to you.