Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations...
I was reading through this Psalm and this verse stuck out to me more than usual. I mean, we hear the song from this verse (how does that song go again?) and we, well i begin to slow my thoughts and focus on HIS face. One of my great friends quotes Psalm 27:8 When You said, " Seek My face," my heart said to You,"Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."
But in Psalm 46:10 the word still there is the Hebrew word RAPHA... not to be confused with ROPHE. RAPHA means to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):--abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, be faint, be or too wax feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone go down, be slack, stay, be still, be slothful, be weaken. So I read that and thought of a sniper. When a person is being held hostage by a gunman the one thing they want you to do is go totally limp. So God is telling David, "Be still and know the I AM GOD". Let go of it drop yourself and move away from the controls I'M driving. We loose ourselves and give up control to gain HIM.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
I figured why not....
I was beginning to notice an increasing trend within my circle of influence; for some reason, everyone blogs. So, for no reason particular reason than the cause of cooperate individuality, I started my own. Check regularly, I might just surprise some people.
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