Learn how to hear God’s voice in the middle of all the calamities of life!
Updated: Feb 13
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Learn how to hear God’s voice
in the middle of all the calamities of life!
Friend, have you ever felt guilty when somebody quoted this Bible verse: “Be still, and know that I am God?” (Psalm 46:10)
Perhaps if you’re like me, you’d like to find a quiet time today, maybe you’re even planning for it. It is true, that wonderful things can happen in times of solitude, stillness, and silence before God. But they are hard to come by and simply aren’t available on some days or in certain life experiences.
There’s precious little time for stillness when production deadlines are close. A report is due in three hours. Or an inspection is in progress. And if you live in a big city, there are voices and horns, with constant motion. A shared living space has someone else’s music, someone else’s TV, and someone else’s voice constantly infiltrating your inner thoughts.
Then there is “noise” of a different quality altogether. Pain from illness or injury might scream at you. The pressure of finding a new job or putting life together after death takes away from your tranquil sense of God. Sadness, disappointment, and loss crash over you with the roar of an angry sea.
However, strange as it may seem, the greater the need for some of us, maybe for stillness, so that we might learn how to hear God’s voice in the middle of all the noise, chaotic activity, and disorientating trouble.
In Psalm 107: 27-31 we read the following words: “They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their wits’ end. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord…”
Friend, do you think ours is the first generation of humankind to feel the pressure of noise, tension, and uncertainty? Of course, it isn’t! And the experience of some of those people referred to in Psalm 107 can guide us in our times of stress.
Whoever the subjects of Psalm 107 were, they were reeling and staggering under their load. There was no serene stillness before God for them. To the contrary, they were “at their wits’ end.” So right in the middle of their frenzy and distress, “they cried out to the Lord in their trouble” – and God heard them.
No matter how extreme our calamity may be, God can break through to help us. Indeed, He is loving and kind to all men and women who are distressed. And, to receive the comfort and help God is willing and able to provide us in our times of distress, all we need do is take the time to talk to Him.
My friend, if your life has more tumult than stillness, more crash than serenity and tranquillity, let me assure you God has not eluded you. He beckons you to cry out to him, and he will show himself to you. And in the middle of all the noise and discord in your life, you will find him with you, in the middle of it all!
"You will seek Me and find Me
When you seek Me with all your heart."
(Jeremiah 29:13)
In ISAIAH 40:29-31, we are reminded that even the strongest people get tired at certain times in our lives. But God’s power and strength never diminish! He is never too tired or busy to help and listen to our deepest needs; His strength is our source of strength. Never forget, that when you might feel all of life is crushing you and you cannot go another step, remember that you can call upon God to renew your strength,
just as God has promised us in ISAIAH 40:29-31.
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"To drop tension from your life, practice the getting
Of tranquillity by passing peaceful words and
Thoughts through your mind daily and nightly!
They have a strange healing quality."
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