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Let’s talk about the next challenge of these eight simple words, and that is to know that he is God.
Knowing something means we understand clearly and with certainty. Knowing implies understanding. Knowing requires training and education. Knowing doesn’t just happen. It is a result of a process, and it requires involvement on my part. Knowing develops confidence and trust. Knowing dispels doubt and fear.
To know God means we know that he alone is God, and we don’t look to other people or sources to meet our needs. Tell me, when you have a need, where do you go first for help? Do you first go to your bank account and trust in your money? Do you run to a friend or counselor to give you comfort and advice? Do you look to a job for security? Then if those fail, is that when you go to God?
When you know he is God, you run first to him for all your needs. You know God alone is your source, and while he may use other people to help you, he alone is your source. Lots of us are simply using God as our emergency escape hatch; when all else fails and we’ve exhausted all our sources, then we start praying, “Oh, God, please help me.”
Knowing God means you know he alone is God, and you learn to turn first and finally to him for all strength, help, confidence, and security. But you’ll never be able to do that if you don’t first learn to be still so you can know that he is God.
We need rock-solid confidence in our knowledge, and that comes as a process, a way of life. Let me ask you, do you know that he is God more today than yesterday? Do you trust God more this year than you did this time last year? Can you see a growth pattern in your knowledge and trust of God?
If your answer is not a definite yes, perhaps it’s because you haven’t yet made a commitment to be still—both bodily and mentally—and know God. That’s where it begins.
