In This Quiet Moment: Teach Me

 

The earth is filled with your love, O Lord; teach me your decrees.

—Psalm 119:64

Imagine that you are all alone and that you are standing on a hillside looking out over the valley shown in the photograph at the beginning of this blog post. For just a moment, close your eyes and think about what you might hear and feel. The breeze whispers against your skin. You can hear the rustling of the grass. Perhaps you can hear a bird chirping in the trees. The brook is a ways away, but if you concentrate you can just barely hear the water flowing over the rocks.

Even more than what you hear and feel is what you don’t hear or feel. You do not hear any voices, any vehicles, or any human-made noise. You can’t smell the exhaust fumes of cars and trucks. No one is bumping into you. You don’t have to worry about stepping on some trash on a sidewalk. In place of the raucousness of life in a city, you only sense an overwhelming sense of peace.

Do you realize that what you feel in this moment is the love of God? That’s right. In the peaceful setting shown in the photograph above, you can feel the love of God. Why? Because God’s love inhabits the earth. When we can put aside all of the distractions of life, we can palpably feel the love of God. And, it is in just such a setting that we can ask God to teach us His decrees. We can ask Him to tell us what He wants us to do.

Larry Mayfield has written a song that captures the essence of the Scripture verse at the beginning of this blog post. Here are the words:

In this quiet moment,
Jesus speak to me
Fill my heart with thy love divine,
Your power let me see.

Max Mace and “The Heritage Singers” have recorded a lovely arrangement of this song. I invite you to watch this video:

As we begin this new day, let’s determine to allow God to teach us the way He wants us to go. By spending time reading and meditating on His written Word, the Bible, let’s open our minds and hearts up to His instruction for this day.

 

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