Be Still and Know.

Sometimes we get so engulfed in our own needs and wants that we forget that fine line between being holy as He is holy and just plain selfish.  Even in our desire to be "perfect" we forget who is actually perfect, we zone God out and replace Him with our own image.  You cannot see your reflection with a broken mirror my friends. 
We ask God to forgive "our" needs so much that we forget why we are even asking for forgiveness,  I have found myself going through the day "Praying without ceasing" for my own needs.  Sometimes God just wants us to stop and listen to Him say "Be still and know that I am God."


Be still and know that I am God... That is so powerful.  It is the still voice of God telling us to be as He is, to feel His love overwhelming our very life, to capture the very meaning of power, grace, redemption, hope and love...  How can we go a day without standing still and knowing that God is God...
This needs to be screamed from every pulpit in America.  When we move and ignore God we tend to lose sight of everything we believe in...  We begin to cry and morn about how miserable our lives are.  Or we judge and get angry at those who do cry out at every step of the way.  God has called us to be on His level, but yet we demand that He stoop down for us...  This is how we get such blasphemous beliefs like the KKK or West-borough Baptist Church,  We get a false sense of what is good and the world looks at that and says "There is no God... What God would allow that to happen?"
God forgive the arrogance that we sinners have, forgive us for the way we treat you and your creation.  forgive our need to fix things our self... forgive our desire to be independent of you. forgive our stubbornness to stop and listen to you who loves us unconditionally...

"For as great as His wrath shall be at the day of judgement so also is His love."

To be still and know that He is God.... Is all that He wants...  And everything is what we should give...

-Todd LaBerge