God works in the big and the small. He is loud and quiet. God is Almighty and can do huge miracles to draw people to Him; but the tiniest touch of God can have the greatest life-changing impact in a person’s life. That personal touch in still moments shows God’s intimacy, love, and the value of the person being touched. This is why God draws us to quiet times and He calls us to silent places so we can better know Him.
God is invisible. We need quiet to focus on this unseen God. Instead of using your eyes, you have to use your mind, emotions, spirit, and imagination. To do that you need to be still. God knows this so He calls us to embrace quiet places with Him. If we are overstimulated with worldly things, it will block our awareness of the unseen world around us.
[Ps 46:10a] “Be still, and know that I am God.” If we take this verse as it stands, it appears that one of the best ways to know God is to be still. Spending time with Him and believing He is a God of the Quiet is a beautiful way to know Him the way He should be known and the way He wants to reveal Himself to us. You won’t learn this attribute through knowledge alone, you need to experience it with God.
Seeking God in quiet spaces is to learn to know God by Him directly. Spending time alone with God is the key to having a relationship with Him. That’s how relationships work and grow. The bible, is where you find the direct truth about God and Jesus. It is God’s words about Himself. So, when you are alone with God, having the bible with you as your companion helps you to have confidence and assurance that what you are learning about God is right and true.
[Ps 91:1] He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [Ps 62:5] Find rest, O my soul, in God alone. [Zeph 3:17] The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will QUIET you with His love. [Is 30:15] “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in QUIETNESS and trust is your strength.”
Constant noise in our world can make us stressed and irritable. We have to work hard to find a quiet place at home to calm our hearts and minds. God placed Adam and Eve in a beautiful quiet garden to talk to and have a relationship with them. [Ps 23:2] “He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside QUIET waters. He restores my soul.” How you feel from external surroundings is a picture of how you can feel internally with the Lord beside you.
When I think of God as quiet in creation, I think of the story of Elijah who had enough discernment to know God’s voice because it said he was listening for it but didn’t hear it in the wind and earthquake and fire but in a whisper. God doesn’t only speak in whispers but you might miss it if you never calm your soul and enter into His presence.
Jesus modeled what we should do and he prayed publicly but he often withdrew to be alone with His Father. Jesus did this to show us to have a special place and time for prayer. He sought places of prayer wherever He went. He showed that time alone is vitally important to your faith and should be held in special regard.
God constantly asks us to set our lives down for a while and rest in His presence. Being consistent is key. The times you least want to do it are probably the most important times. When you are lowest, it is the most necessary because you are vulnerable. This is a battle for our time and a battle of the flesh and a spiritual battle too. The enemy does not want you to be in God’s presence because it puts you in a position of strength and power.
You need God for your spiritual well-being so rearrange your priorities. Invest in your quiet time, fight for your quiet time. Give all your battles of the flesh and your spiritual battles to the Lord and you will see victory. Seek to have a vital fresh faithful relationship with Him by being in quiet communion with Him every day.
