“God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” 
(Psalms‬ ‭46:1, 10‬) NKJV‬‬

By a show of hands, go ahead, wherever you are reading this, how many of you have ever rushed into something too fast? Said something you regretted later? Did something you wished you hadn’t? 

Oh my! Both my hands and my feet are up! :) 

Today, I just want to take a moment and be still before an awesome and mighty God! To acknowledge how good and faithful He is! 

Be encouraged today, He is for you, not against you and He cares about every facet of your life! 

Yet, how many times do we keep Him at bay until we feel we actually need Him? 

It looks something like this, “Okay God, I can handle all the smaller things like this, this, and this, and I will call on you if/when this, this, or this arises.”

In doing so, we try and compartmentalize Him, control Him, and treat Him in essence like a spare tire or genie in a bottle.

Listen, I’m not saying we need to get all hooky spooky, “Oh Lord which flavor of gum do you wantest me to have today...?” 

Yet, I am saying this: If we will on purpose practice putting Him first in our decision-making, our spending, our giving, our child-rearing, our work, if we will on purpose begin to allow Him to be involved in more areas of our life, we will find that the “small” things we used to keep Him out of, won’t stress us out near as much!

Take some time today and think about some areas in your life that perhaps you have been trying to do on your own, without truly involving Him, and begin to get scriptures for those areas. Begin to talk to the Lord about them. 

Watch and see those areas begin to turn around for the better! 

He will be exalted in the Earth! Allow Him to be exalted in your life today! Be still and know that He is God! :) 

In Christ, 

Joshua Scott Zeitz

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