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NASB | Psalm 46:10 "Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth." |
Bible Question:
Praise the Lord everyone! I have been reading a book by Joyce Meyer "How to hear from God" and it's a good book and what I got out of it was this verse, learning how to be still, be quiet and listening for his voice. I know that all things take time and practice. I have sat quiet before the Lord, not very long, I would say around 5-10 minutes and my mind will not be quiet. I try to sit there and think about the Lord and clear my mind but I'm thinking about what I did earlier, what I'm going to cook or everything else. What can I try to do to clear my thoughts and focus on God, I'm not used to doing that at all. I'm one of the ones who's always talking (praying) and never listening and God is taking me to another level in him and I just want to do all that he wants me to do. Thanks you and God bless. |
Bible Answer: In pain of bursting your bubble, I submit to you that there are far better mentors out there than Joyce Meyer! I have no idea of what she put in her book, "How to Hear From God" -- and really don't want to know. But I can tell you this -- and don't need to write a book to tell you -- the way to hear from God is by reading the Book He wrote! He has revealed Himself in Scripture. Scripture thoroughly furnishes the man of God unto all good works (2 Tim 3:17). Perhaps when we've all mastered all the things He's already said to us in His holy word, He will let us hear from Him again! But I've been working 55 years at trying to attune my ear to "hear from God" all the glorious things He has spoken in His word, the Bible, and, believe me, I've only just begun this sacred journey, barely having scratched the surface. My advice to you is to forget the ballyhoo of Joyce Meyer and go to the word of God and listen to what He has to say to you. Petition Him to help you, ask Him: "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." (Ps. 119:18). ..... There is considerably more involved in "hearing from God" -- much more that He wants us to do -- than to sit in our little booth, as Jonah did, waiting to hear from God, and hoping all the while for a divinely appointed shrub to shade our heads and bring us a measure of comfort. ...... Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still (cease striving) and know that I am God." It is always good to have a spiritual quiet time every day to pray, to praise, to meditate on the love, the mercy, and the awesome power of God. That is the way God hears from us, through our prayer and praise. We hear from God through His eternal word. So it is also of utmost importance to spend time regularly and consistently in His word, reading it, marking it, learning it, and inwardly digesting it. --Hank |