Be Still And Know He Is There

As our Pastor's son celebrates his 11th birthday today, he lays in Pediatric ICU for serious kidney issues that just seemed to happen overnight. As I have prayed intensely today, I find myself with a song going through my head over and over and over again. It started when I physically went to the church to pray. I found myself on my knees in prayer with no distractions, no phone, no twitter, no nothing except for God and I. After praying I got off my knees and just sat in one of the pews. And I just thought. I wasn't ready to leave. I kept looking up at the ceiling. In the center of the ceiling in our sanctuary, there is a wooden circle. I imagined it to be a lid that opens and leads straight to heaven. All the prayer, worship, and praise would go straight from that lid if it were to open and into the throne room of heaven. That was powerful!

And in that moment, I felt as though I could sense God's presence. And this song has been playing in my heart since then. I think at that time I realized that God will show His people who he is not just during times of harvest, blessing, and when we say things are good. God will show His people who He is in all circumstances-good and bad, when He reaches us in those defining moments when we seek Him. He doesn't just show us who he is when things are peachy. He's not reserved just for the peachy people of the world.

For God to be our comforter, we'd have to experience Him as such when we actually NEED to be comforted. For Him to be our healer, we'd have to experience Him as such when we actually NEED to be healed. For Jesus to mend us we'd need to have mending done. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to experience Him as He met our needs.

Isn't it comforting to know that even in the worst times that God will be there to show us who He is? That we can actually EXPERIENCE his love and mercy?!

So speak to me and show me who you are...

and He will if we only remember to look for Him in every situation. He will be there!


Watch and listen to Aaron Shust, Stillness