My message today is Be Still And Know That I Am God...
The title of my message was written during the reign of Jehoshaphat when the vast armies of Assyria came against and surrounded Israel. after Hezekiah went before God gave him this instruction, and then sent one angel to destroy 185,000 Assyrians. God arose as their strength and help with supernatural intervention in this national time of trouble.Regardless of what Hezekiah was seeing as the enemy surrounded the city, God wanted him to know that He had not changed, and His promise had not changed. So the message to Hezekiah was exactly what he needed the most in this time of bad news coming from every direction..
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God”
These are the same words which God gave to Moses, when Isreal was trapped in a narrow place with the mountains on both sides, the Red sea in front of them, and the Egyptian army closing in behind them. Moses went before God in prayer and He said... Exodus 14:13 “Be still, and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again”.
The Bible is an exciting, supernatural book. It’s filled with world history, prophecy, theological principals, faith building stories, science, Geology, and ancestry…Anyone would have to really be an amazingly dull person to make the Bible boring!
But no one usually gets excited when they read through the begats in the bible, unless you just don’t have a life. You just try to get through them so you can get to the good stuff. I only read through the begats because I commit to read the WHOLE bible! Because all that begetting about as exciting as reading through the phone book.
It’s like the reaction of one college alumni meeting another, forty years later at the class reunion. The first guy says “Do you remember how I used to be so fat, well I’ve been on an exercise program for a few years, and now I compete in marathons.” “That’s great!” replied the other guy. “And…. (the first man continued), “Do you remember how I used to be so shy, and a fairly poor student? Well, I took a course in public speaking, and now I make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on the lecture circuit.” “That’s great!” came the reply. “So, what about you?” The first guy inquired. “How have you changed?” “Oh, Yes, I have changed,” said the very bored listener. “Remember how brutally honest I used to be and how when someone said something I was totally uninterested in, I would reply, ‘I couldn’t care less?’ Well now, I just say, ‘That’s great!”.
Sometimes waiting for God to do what He promised, is kind of like that.. We say about what God has promised... “THAT’S GREAT”... But when it comes to the waiting, we say “I COULD CARE LESS”.... The disciples find themselves In a storm which looks as though it will sink the boat they are in…and Jesus is asleep in the back of the boat… Mark 4:39 “He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. 40 He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" 41They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!" Well, this story is there in the bible, so we will understand that He’s the same today as He was then! Like the disciples in the storm, We know that Jesus is in the boat, but it’s hard to wait for Him to wake up and move into action, when the boat is filling with water! But the message from God is still “Be still and know that I am God”....
When everything is raging around you and you’re struggling just to hold on and stand where you are and the enemy has you boxed in, it’s hard to “be still”!
But when you know that before the enemy came up with your problem, God had already planned your solution and your victory, you can trust that the battle is the Lord’s and the victory is yours.
2 Chronicles 20:22 “And when they began to sing and praise, the Lord set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were defeated”.
Jehoshaphat, the King was told by God to send the musicians and singers out in front of the army… DO WHAT!!!! Chronicles tells us that they were to face the enemy and sing out over and over, one phrase, “Give thanks to the Lord, Forhis love endures forever’” (Over and over)
They worshiped in 3 stages of the battle....
They worshiped God before the crisis, they worshiped during the crisis, and they worshiped after the crisis. Worship was not an event they attended; worship was a way of warfare for the people of God. And God responded to their worship by giving them a fantastic victory.
Perhaps we have underestimated the powerful weapon, that our songs and our praise really is, as we begin the service. Perhaps we fail to see how important it is that we all lift our voices and raise our shouts of praise. Perhaps we fail to see what it does to the enemy as it sends confusion upon his forces and interferes with his plans. Church, let us understand how it sets the atmosphere for needs to be met, and folks to have supernatural breakthrough in their lives. Oh, Church, let’s sing when it’s time to sing and praise when it’s time to praise and drive the enemy back, because we know that the Battle is the Lord’s and He is fighting for us! And He never loses!
So while we’re waiting, let’s sing, during the crises let’s praise, after the battle, let’s do a little shouting!
There is a time to hold your peace and there is a time to praise and shout and sing out…Oh that the Lord would find some folks at Eagle’s Rest, going into service time, singing and praising like warriors going into battle!!!
Please get a hold of this... Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint”.
Knowing the value of waiting, can revolutionize your life!
Waiting, in the original Hebrew tongue, is “kaw-vaw”... It means to be looking, believing, and expecting... It also tells us, that as a result of this waiting time, of looking, believing and expecting, They shall mount up to a higher place.... and they shall come forth from the waiting place, running, without getting weary and walking without fainting.... While we’re in the place of waiting, we can make the moments count. We can evaluate our priorities. We can make time for eternal things. We can make time to use the gifts God gave us. We can make a nobody feel like a somebody. Make your voice heard. Make time to enjoy the small, everyday things. Make someone smile. Make the change you know you need deep inside. Make reconciliation. Make a difference. Make sure to tell your people they are loved. Make sure you have no regrets. Make sure you are ready when the waiting is ended.”
He's The God of the waiting... Most of the best things that happen in our lives are revealed at the end of a time of waiting. We are told that Jesus was 30 years old when he began his public ministry after being baptized by John but that's actually not the case. You see, Jesus was 30 years plus 9 months of waiting. He was God become flesh in Mary's womb, he was as much God in the womb, as He was when the waitingwas done..... Look at the scripture that tells what happened when Mary who was about 3 months pregnant, got with Elizabeth who was almost 9 months pregnant with John the Baptist... … Luke 1:40 “Then Mary entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. v41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. v42 In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb”!… John leaped inside of Elizabeth, when he came in contact with Jesus within the womb of Mary... Most theologians believe that John was filled with the Holy Spirit on this occasion, to prepare for the assignment before him. Jesus was still God, even though hidden in Mary’s womb... (OH SUCH A MYSTERY)
My point is that God is as much God in the waiting, when He seems to be hidden from us!
In the space race of the 60’s, A Russian Cosmonaut went up into space and said, “I see no God up here”… But an American astronaut went up into space and the American said “I see God everywhere”… The difference was not the place or situation they were in, but it was the eye of the beholder, that had changed. While you’re waiting, see God everywhere! It’s easy to get distracted by a lot of things, but when our quest and our priority is to look for Jesus, to find Him wherever we go and whatever the situation, then we will begin to see Him all over the place.
Song of Solomon 2:13 “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come forth with singing. 14 I have hidden you in the cleft of the rock, in the place of safety..” Have you considered that the place of waiting, was your place of safety, where God hid you from the enemy who was out to destroy you. While you were complaining that nothing was happening, God was saving your very life.....
While Moses was waiting on the mountain, for a word, ofguidance and instruction... Exodus 33:22 says “I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have finished passing by”.
Believe me, there were many powerful forces out to destroy this tool which God used so mightily to deliver His people from bondage. Your waiting place may well be, the place where God is protecting you because Satan knows what God has planned for you.
We need to understand, that perhaps while you’ve been waiting on God, He’s Been Waiting For You.... I hear Him saying to all of us what He spoke to me....and I wrote it out....
”Come with Me to the narrow place, to the place of your first love. It is the place of your lost passion. It is the place where you will recover your joy and peace. It is the place where worry, anxiety and fear cannot enter because fresh revelation and clarity in the Spirit, banish these carnal and soulish things. Allow Me to restore and refresh the vision of your youth and renew the hope that was once so vibrant and strong. Through all the twists and turns, I have brought you to this place of deep desire to know My touch and hear My voice. I have been speaking, but there were so many other voices. I have been moving in your life, but you thought you could make it happen. Welcome back to My unending grace and My all-encompassing love. I have been waiting for you to return, now cast aside the restraints which have been placed upon the gifts I gave you, and the anointing upon your calling. Now, is the time of My fresh stirrings and the rekindling of the flame. Step through the veil and come into an open heaven. I have been waiting for you.
In the waiting, you are revitalized with the strength of God that is endless and renewable. You are cleansed and purified in the complete perfection of God's sanctifying sacrifice. You are redeemed – mind, body, and soul. By faith, God is bringing it into the clear light of manifestation. It is there already available inside of us, ready to come forth, Jesus said, believe you have received it and you shall have it..
No matter what the body is saying, You are well, whole, vital, and strong in your spirit being. The God life is already withinyou, inside of you. The energy of God awaits your call. The power of God flows through you now, renewing and restoring you. Failure does not exist with our Father, through Jesus the Son.....
You are strong, because God is your daily strength. Sometimes you may think that the challenges you face are greater than your strength. At such times it is good to remind yourself that God is your strength and that you have the God-given capacity to meet and overcome all challenges. In our changing, transitional situations and circumstances, God has not, and will not change. Quiet your thoughts, your emotions, and your physical body, and affirm in prayer:
I AM STRONG IN MY SPIRIT, MIND, SOUL AND BODY. FOR GOD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE!
Makes me feel like going out and putting post em notes everywhere saying “Be still and know that I am God”......
Be Still and Know, as the world gets darker, God’s goodness and glory will be seen more and more evident in your life.
Be Still and Know that God’s heart is for you to possess His abundant provisions and thrive, Spirit, soul and body.
Be Still and Know that the challenges you face will not defeat you but make you stronger.
Be Still and Know that the battle is won before we see the victory…
Be Still and Know, The Lord has already prepared the way and everything you need is ready for you to win this battle and overwhelm this enemy. Just be still and know….
He didn’t bring us this far to leave us, He didn’t teach us to swim to let us drown, He didn’t build His home in us to move away, He didn’t pick us up to let us down…. Be Still and know again, and again, that He is God!!!
Prayer, Lord, I believe and declare that through Christ I am redeemed from the curse of the Law. He has made me to triumph over poverty, over sickness, over fear of the future, and all the ghosts of the past. I delight myself in the Lord and He gives me the desires of my heart. Through Christ I am positioned for His good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, that men shall give unto me. With the measure I give, it is now measured to me. I give cheerfully and my God has made all grace abound toward me and I have all sufficiency in all things. There is no lack for my God supplies all of my need according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ. Jesus came that I might have life and have it more abundantly, so that I might reign in life through Him as I am clothed in His righteousness. I will continually magnify the Lord, because He has placed His favor upon me and His grace abounds in my life. I am growing in God’s divine favor and I am maturing more and more in my faith walk. The favor of God goes before me creating divine appointments, connections and relationships. I seek the Lord with all of my heart and He delights in my prosperity, for He makes me the head and not the tail, above and not beneath. I expect and receive God’s excellence and overflow to manifest in my character, in the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit, and I expect the OVERFLOW to manifest in my health, my finances, my life, my family, my workplace and His church. The overflow will cancel out all the losses of the past and release more than enough for the future! Lord, I make the decision to be someone You can trust with finances. I have faith that I will experience an overflow of God’s blessings so that I may bless many others around me. I am decreeing these things because I have been positioned with authority which the Lord has given unto me! In Jesus Name! Now, I stand still as Your beloved child and allow You to do what You have declared over me… I am looking, believing, expecting and receiving, In Jesus Name….
Be Still And Know
