More from the Retreat:
Psalm 46:10a: “Be still and know that I am God.”
That’s the way Tuesday began. But then I read the promise attached to that command. Ps 46:10b: “I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Do I know You God? What does it even mean to “know” You? If I don’t know you, how can I exalt you?
I looked up “know.” The word is yada’ and it means “to know, to learn to know, to perceive, to perceive and see, to find out and to discern, to discriminate, to distinguish, to know by experience, to recognize, to admit, to acknowledge, to confess, to consider, to be acquainted with.”
Mid-day I began to wonder if I could even break through to God, let alone come to know Him as I should. But I pressed on, calming my doubts and fears. I continued to rest and be still and quiet. I found being quiet and still most difficult. It seemed strange to go almost an entire day without “doing” something to speed things up!
It doesn’t take long to realize that you can’t “speed” God up no matter how much you wan to … His timing is perfect.
Oh Lord, help me to know You so that I might exalt You!
