Peace.

Joh 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Peace. What is it? Absence of worry, fretting, care, concern, trouble, strife, fear, anger…..

Last night we had an elongated time of peace as we heard the Father tell us to “Be Still”.  This came after an hour of praying and lifting our hearts up to God.

It was wonderful just being together without a care in the world coming to mind. Just being engulfed in the presence of God and having His peace flow over and around us.

Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God!

It seemed sort of strange to not be thinking of anything. Suddenly the house became very quiet. The dogs were asleep; the refrigerator not making its noises; outside the city was strangely quiet. God was in control. Not us, but Him who sustains our every being, our every moment.

Time seemed to stand still as we relished in the quiet. Nothing was bothering us enough to break through this stillness. As if we were in the presence of God and waiting eagerly, yet patiently for His will to be unfurled over us.

Nothing of Earth shattering importance came over us or was reveled to us. Nothing but the utter joy of feeling such stillness and peace fill us so full that there was room for nothing else.

Thoughts of today, tomorrow, the end times, the invasion of Israel or the utter destruction of it had any weight. Not the aches and pains abated our minds. Saving the lost, encouraging our families, painting our house, going to Washington, nothing was strong enough to enter in and conquer the stillness given to us by the Master and Commander of the Universe.

It was like receiving a profound revelation from God. It just came upon us. Nothing we could do to bring it on, or nothing that we can do in the future to revive it once again. It was a simple yet beautiful gift from Him.

We succumbed to it totally and lay there drinking in the absolute absence of anything but His presence. How sweet was the nectar we drank in; it was refreshing, so light and pure.

The end of times could have ushered in around us, yet we would not have cared or possibly even noticed. Can this serene state of being be a glimpse of what it will be like in Heaven as we sit at the feet of our Lord and Savior? I hope it so.

Father I thank You for this sacred time being in Your presence basking in the warmth of Your Love for us. May this experience come again, if not I will hold its pleasure close to my heart and know what a foretaste of You it presented.

It is like You told us to be still and know the absolute peace that comes from drawing nearer to the Divine Creator of the Universe.