QUIETNESS FOR DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS
Psalm 46: 1-11
If you must hear from God constantly, you must learn to calm down. Yes. Calm down. Be still. There is knowledge in stillness. There is something to know when you are at peace. If you are still, you will know. The peace of God attracts instruction, revelation and direction from him. Ps. 46: 10 says “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Num. 9: 8 says “And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.”
This means, if there is too much tension and worry around you, you cannot hear anything from God. When you stand still, you will hear. So calm down! Moses seemed to say to the children of Israel, “Your noise is disrupting my hearing from God. Stand still! Calm down! And I will hear! Is. 55: 12 says, “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” So if you need to be led, you can only be led while peace is in place. You shall go out with joy and be led forth in peace. So God is saying to you, “Calm down, let me talk to you, let me show you who l AM. Your mind is like a football field – too many things are running through it. You are just roaming up and down. Calm down!”
The peace of God is the fountain of true joy; and joy is the key to strength. You cannot have joy if you lack peace. Prov. 12: 20 says, “Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.” This means, there is joy for those who possess peace and offer it to others. Rom. 15: 13a says, Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace…” Beloved, when God fills you with joy, it goes with peace. It is impossible to have joy when you lack peace. It is impossible to be excited in anxiety. It is impossible to be happy when you are anxious. It is impossible to have joy when you are concerned about everything. Therefore make up your mind to have peace at all cost. Calm down.
Make the choice for peace instead of worrying. Refuse to allow your heart to be occupied with the worries of this life. Endeavour to remain still and calm in the face of all circumstances so as to access divine direction.
PRAYER: Thank you Lord for Your word to me today. I receive the grace to be still so I can access Your instructions, Lord, in Jesus name
