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“Be still and know
that I am God” (Psalm 46:10 NKJV).
I sat outside early one morning sipping my coffee and
listening as birds graced the air with their songs. The air was unusually cool
for a summer day and the breeze was refreshing. I watched a squirrel scurry
down a tree and investigate something on the ground. A small, green lizard
perched on the arm of my chair, its throat pulsating with orange. It stared at
me for a few moments before scampering away in search of an insect meal. God’s
creation was in symphony and my soul was at rest.
But as peaceful as this scene was there was still some
noise. The noise of nature is beautiful with the chirping birds and the gentle
wind blowing, but have you ever contemplated the benefit of total silence?
One of the instructors at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian
Writers Conference that I just returned from was Eva Marie Everson. I purchased
her book, The Third Path, Finding Intimacy with God on the Path of Questioning.
I had intended to buy this book months earlier, but you know how intentions
are, they don’t produce anything.
But I am glad I was finally in the place where this tome was
before me and I grabbed it, excited to find out about the third path. This journey
carries us through twenty-six questions God asked different people throughout
the Bible and the result of their answers.
The goal of this volume is to encourage us to get away with
God and experience total, complete silence. A quietness that is not disturbed by
even the squeak of a door or the tick of a clock.
Then listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit.
When the Lord tells us to be still and KNOW that He is God,
He is commanding us to put away everything else that gets in the way. We can find out more about our identity in Christ by KNOWING Him
in a way we never have before.
If you want to pursue a deeper relationship with God, I can
highly recommend this book to help you think deeply about who you are and what
the Lord means to you. You can find out the benefit of silence.
Join the conversation and share your thoughts.
Find out the benefit of silence through The Third Path by Eva Marie Everson (click to tweet)
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