Still Your Soul (Daily Devotional)

Greetings! and thank you once again for the opportunity to journey with you through this week, day after day, spending some time in the word of God and in prayer. This week, we've been looking at different instructions in the word of God and how you and I can live free from worry. I trust that you've been able to take these little nuggets from the word of God, apply it in your life, make it practical in your life, practice it, so that you and I, we can live free from worry. Of course, in this world, there are so many things that can be tumultuous, sometimes these things that happen, events and news can be really upsetting, disturbing, but we are learning that it is possible to live worry free because God has spoken to us in His scriptures and taught us. I want to bring our attention to one more truth in the scriptures before we close this week off. It is learning to keep our mind still; I'll just make a reference to two passages. First is in Psalms chapter four versus four and eight the psalmist says ‘be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed and be still. Selah. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.’ And then in Psalm chapter 46 verse 10, the psalmist says, ‘be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!’ With all the things that happen around us, it can be very disturbing, very upsetting as I mentioned. What do we do? In the fourth Psalm, it is very interesting because the psalmist in the Psalm, he's talking about different things that could be disturbing him, but he's making reference about sleep. As we began this week, we said, when people are worried, anxious, disturbed, they find it difficult to sleep through the night. It's very interesting that in this psalm in two places, the psalmist is talking about sleep, and he says, you can be agitated about things but don't sin. He says, what must we do? Meditate in your heart and be still, meditate in your heart and be still. So, while there are all these things that can cause a person to be agitated, what should you and I do? We meditate, we ponder on the things of God, we ponder on the word of God, we ponder on who God is, we put our mind on the Lord. And as we meditate in our heart inside us, we can come to a place where we still our soul because our mind can work faster than a computer, just keep going over and over about certain things, things that disturb us and our mind can be so agitated, so disturbed by things. So, what does he say? You meditate in your heart, you choose to quieten down, meditate, focus on the things of God and still your soul. And he says, that's how you can sleep well, I will lie down in peace and sleep because you Lord are causing me to dwell in safety. You will take care of this or like we saw in another place be still and know; to know means you're coming to that place, you are recognizing who God is, that He is God above everything. Be still and know, still your soul, by knowing, by meditating on who God is in every situation. Let us do this today, when there are all kinds of things disturbing us, let us still our soul by putting our mind on who God is. Let's pray, Lord, we ask you that you will help us still our soul, meditate on you and that every anxious thought leave, help us to live worry free, in Jesus’s name, Amen.

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