Devotional for Sunday, December 16, 2018
“Be Still That You May Hear”
By Dona Hake
As we purpose to dwell in His presence we will most assuredly hear His voice even when it is a soft whisper or tug on our heart. I love to meditate that my Lord walks beside me, and He shows me His loving direction in every step that I take. Some days I know that my angels are working overtime to guard my back and keep me safe from trouble. I especially thank the Lord when I get in my car that His angels are encamped around about me.
There is great power in the awareness of leaning on His instruction and His direction for every moment of our day. There is safety in heeding to the “stop signs” that He puts before us. Many times His stop signs can come as a lack of peace in a situation. I believe in those times He desires that we heed to those quiet tugs upon our hearts to keep us from being harmed or making a wrong decision.
Today I would like to share a testimony of His protection over my life a few days ago. I was coming home, and I was going to make a left-hand turn at a green light. There was no on coming traffic so obviously I felt I had the right away, and could make the turn. But what was more obvious to me was the prompting within me that I should pause and move extremely slowly. The light had been green, and there was no oncoming traffic so just as I decided to make my turn I felt not to move, and it seemed out of nowhere a SUV that was going way over the speed limit came flying right through the red light he had at the intersection where I was ready to make my turn. Had I not stopped where I did I would most definitely been hit. The thing that amazed me most was the peace that totally enveloped me in that moment.
I immediately began to thank the Lord for warning me to stop and not move even though I had the right away. It is important in these moments and times that we do not let “the what if’s march”. What if I would not had stopped, what if…what if… When we do this we invite the “what if’s” to trample our hearts with fear, and fear will begin to occupy our minds. That will surely rob us from staying in faith, and walking in the peace that He has blessed us with.
There is great power in the awareness of leaning on His instruction and His direction for every moment of our day. There is safety in heeding to the “stop signs” that He puts before us. Many times His stop signs can come as a lack of peace in a situation. I believe in those times He desires that we heed to those quiet tugs upon our hearts to keep us from being harmed or making a wrong decision.
Today I would like to share a testimony of His protection over my life a few days ago. I was coming home, and I was going to make a left-hand turn at a green light. There was no on coming traffic so obviously I felt I had the right away, and could make the turn. But what was more obvious to me was the prompting within me that I should pause and move extremely slowly. The light had been green, and there was no oncoming traffic so just as I decided to make my turn I felt not to move, and it seemed out of nowhere a SUV that was going way over the speed limit came flying right through the red light he had at the intersection where I was ready to make my turn. Had I not stopped where I did I would most definitely been hit. The thing that amazed me most was the peace that totally enveloped me in that moment.
I immediately began to thank the Lord for warning me to stop and not move even though I had the right away. It is important in these moments and times that we do not let “the what if’s march”. What if I would not had stopped, what if…what if… When we do this we invite the “what if’s” to trample our hearts with fear, and fear will begin to occupy our minds. That will surely rob us from staying in faith, and walking in the peace that He has blessed us with.
I encourage you today to be still, enjoy the peace of your Lord and learn to live by it. Many times our minds can be so busy with the plans of our day that we do not heed to the advice and prompting of our Lord. May we continue to learn to walk in a place that we are able to hear His still small voice.