Okay, so I saw the five minute Friday word which this week is the word know but didn’t have time to write the post. Since then I’ve had the song Be Still and Know, that I am God, Be still and know….. running through my head. I thought for sure I had done a hymn study on this song, but nope! All I did was find two posts that referenced this song. Listen and Stillness. It’s led me to ponder what it means to be knowing God.
Knowing God
Knowing God
can happen in the blink
of an eye,
a sudden awareness that
there is something bigger
out there, a something
bigger that cares about
what is going on the world.
Sometimes that knowing comes
from a vision, a dream, or
sudden insight based on
events in the natural world.
God speaks in ways we
cannot comprehend.
Knowing God
is sometimes a quiet
growing understanding.
Of seeing others living
out their faith and asking
questions that lead to answers.
Or a growing up within a
Christian community that
leads to knowing the
reality of God’s existence.
A seeing God in action that
confirms an inward knowing.
Knowing God sometimes comes
about as the result of directed
conversation and a drawing
out of knowledge.
People willing to engage
in conversation directing
thoughts toward the
God of the universe.
People following the lead
of the Spirit’s prompting.
Knowing God happens
in so many different ways,
we should never discount
how one comes to faith,
but always seek to be
one part of the puzzle
that helps a lost
sheep come into the fold.
Hearing God
Acts 9:3-6
. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Love the poem & the scripture references.
thank you.
Thank you for sharing.
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“Knowing God happens in so many different ways.” How true.
yes! 🙂
Your poem reminded me of the growth of seeds, as is used as illustration in God’s word – some grow and come to maturity quickly while others take a very long time. I really enjoyed this poem.
Thank you Lori. It was a good one to write. 🙂