The great, grand, glorious, mighty and majestic God is BEST accessed when there is SILENCE - so that when he comes in the sound of a tiny whisper he can be heard in such a great contrast! GOD IS SO GREAT – THAT HE CAN BECOME SO TINY – and apparently weak! Jesus, crying in the night, in a manger in Bethlehem is another example of GOD IN HIS GREATNESS becoming small and apparently weak to PROVE HIS GREATNESS!
When we are still enough and attentive enough we can experience the presence of God. And then we can do even some extraordinary things. We can help people in ways we never thought possible. We can even, if the Lord bids us, "walk on water" – so long as our faith is strong, and our eyes stay FIXED ON HIM!
St. Paul is so concerned about the churches lack of stillness, lack of quietness, lack of focus on Jesus that he even says – because he wants so much for them to get the message – to share the same experience with God as he himself does – that he would even cut himself off from Christ if it meant that they would become more attached to Christ. This is pure, unselfish, self-sacrificial love! – the very kind of love Jesus himself had for us!
Today, let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus – let us keep an aura of silence around us, no matter what is going on in our lives, and let us even "walk on water" – let us do good and wonderful things as instruments of Jesus – who wants so much for all the world to experience his presence, to give him their trust, so that he can lead us all HOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE!
Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation!
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