I start every day with God, reading daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “The Ticking Watch” Leslie Koh wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Psalm 37:1–7 with the key verse, “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” Psalm 37:7
My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ; for all I write, I first pray to God to guide my words to serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led me to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments and witness.
Have you ever been as still or quiet that you can hear a pin drop? My class and I were that quiet when they showed some pictures of how Afro Americans were hung, burned, and treated, not so recently. I heard a lot of sniffling and silent crying. Most of my class were of white or the Middle East descent. Racism was not taught in History anymore. America wanted to bury it.
In the scripture, the Palmist wrote that we “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him” Psalm 37:7. God assures us that we can trust Him to rescue us from the “wicked schemes” of evil people, give us refuge, and help us stay faithful. I wonder how my people could be so still in the midst of all our struggles. Our faith has brought us a long way. I witness the first black President. Now we have a black woman as vice president and many other Black People holding leadership positions in our government. We are not where we need to be yet. Systemic racism exists, not eradicated. So, we will continue to be still and wait patiently for the Lord.
A question to reflect on:
How can you be still before God each day? What will help you stay silent and listen?
My Prayer for Us:
Loving God, grant us the patience and discipline to stay still for a while each day, that we might hear Your gentle whisper in our lives.
Our Daily bread Ministries (2021/02/11) The Ticking Watch, Leslie Koh, retrieved from www.odb.org 11/02/2021 The Ticking Watch.