It happened again today. Maria came to church with me, and we settled in for the service. The worship began and incredibly, they started singing, "Be Still And Know That I Am God."
Several weeks ago, the Lord began bringing me once again the word, "Be still and know that I am God." You know how it is when the Lord is bringing something to your attention - you come across the same words everywhere you turn. Shortly after he began bringing that word to me, it was sung at our Sunday morning service -- yeah, but wait -- THREE Sundays in a row! Now I've been going to the same church for a LONG time, and that just doesn't happen. Never twice, but certainly not three times. So imaging my shock when they sang it yet again this morning. Maria looked at me, and I at her, and we were stunned.
Not only had he been bringing it to me in my own personal life, but a couple weeks ago during our prayer meeting - now I hadn't yet shared any of this with them - and incredibly that word came forth during our prayer meeting.
Ok. So what on earth does "Be still and know that I am God," mean in practical application?
This isn't the first time this has happened to me with this same word. Years ago, when I found myself in a relationship I did not understand, after seeking to end it and finding that the Lord would not let it end, and he made that VERY clear, I just couldn't fathom what the Lord meant each time I approached him about it. It didn't make sense to me. Nothing about that story made sense to me. But his word to me was clear and consistent, "Be still and know that I am God."
So I have that story to look back upon. It would be several YEARS before that story would come to its climax, and it ended with the person being saved shortly before dying.
Then once again, years later, the Lord began bringing that same Scripture to me once again. The circumstances this time were an incredible series of rejections from people I loved. Just made no sense. And it was somehow connected in the spiritual realm, because it all happened at the same time, within the same week. All I knew was that I was to be still and know that the Lord is God.
