14 day plan

Intimacy with God - Part 2

Day 4 of 14

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Psalms 46:10

10He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.”

Reflection:  Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10). It took me a while to understand the significance of this verse. It is an invitation. God is holding out his hand, inviting us to be still before him for a while.

God then gives us the reason for being still. It is this: that you might know that he is God. This introduces a profound truth. Stillness before God precedes knowledge of God.  Could it be that many of those who do not know God, are those who have not sought him in stillness? Being still before God can mean the difference between knowing about God, and truly knowing God.

I wonder what “knowing” will you experience when you still your heart before God?

Prayer:  Dear Lord Jesus, I’m not very good at being still. Being busy gives me the illusion that I am worthy. But I now realise that I am only worthy because you have deemed it so… and that you, by your grace, invite me to sit with you and know you.

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Psalms 46:1-11

Psalm 46

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth. A song.

1God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

3though its waters roar and foam

and the mountains quake with their surging.

4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5God is within her, she will not fall;

God will help her at break of day.

6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;

he lifts his voice, the earth melts.

7The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

8Come and see what the Lord has done,

the desolations he has brought on the earth.

9He makes wars cease

to the ends of the earth.

He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;

he burns the shields with fire.

10He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth.”

11The Lord Almighty is with us;

the God of Jacob is our fortress.

The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.