Happy New Year and welcome to the year 2015!
…in quietness and trust is your strength…
Isaiah 30:15.
I’d like you to consider this year incorporating into your spiritual diet a regular time of quiet before the Lord. Consecrate a certain amount of time that is specifically dedicated to being still before Him. You can think of it as a “fast of silence” for the express purpose of drawing near to the Lord.
Don’t worry about the mental distractions that will invade your mind as you attempt to do so. Just refocus, or turn them into prayers. Understand the Lord is not judging how “good” you are at it; He is simply pleased by your faith and desire to just be with Him.
Waiting time with the Lord is never wasting time. God uses everything we surrender to Him – including our silence.
The result of spending this quiet, focused time waiting on the Lord will not always be a new spiritual insight that we can write down in our notebooks or in our Bibles, but a quiet movement of our spirit from one state to another. From irritation to calmness. From resistance to acceptance. From dullness to sharpness. From fear to love. From anxiety to peace. Many times without a perceivable “touch” or distinctive thought from God. Sometimes we just discover that while we were waiting, God’s Spirit was quietly massaging our temples and shoulders, releasing our tensions and renewing our hearts.
Give it a try. Don’t get frustrated. Don’t give up. I believe if you stick with it you will find the benefits of just being with Him to be so refreshingly rewarding it will become a pleasant habit. He’s waiting for you.
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