I know what this life can do to me. I can spend so much time doing what seem to me to be important things. If these things keep me from spending “still time” with God, I can start to act differently. I can begin to react to life in the flesh. That’s when I know I need to get with God. That’s when I know I need to still myself and get back to the secret place of the Most High in the shadow of the Almighty. That’s when I realize that I need Him in my life 24/7. Yeah, I need Him all the time. I mean, it’s taken me a few years to realize and to be truly convinced of it, but life in the Lord is the strongest, most merciful, graceful, happiest, joyful, most fulfilling, and most peaceful life there is.
I can be tempted to think that powerful people are god, that what they say eclipses what I know to be true by letting them influence my life in a way God doesn’t intend. At times, fear tries to assume God’s place in my life. This can be true of money, goals, my list of things that must get done, self-promotion, self desires, and so many other thoughts and things. I can so focus on them that they become god, so to speak. That’s usually about the time when God reminds me that He alone needs to be God in my life. That’s when all the pieces fall back into place in me and I feel His love, mercy, grace, peace and rest cover me once again.
Jesus: “Mark, he who dwells in the secret place with Me. Come here and know Me…”
God bless,
Mark
Note: While we may not agree with everything a particular church or Christian group teaches or believes, there are times when we can be blessed by something outside the realm of our current understanding of God.