My Morning Prayer, Being Still to Know His Will

My Morning Prayer, Being Still to Know His Will
-Roy Lessin and Marina Bromley

Being Still to Know His Will
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

 
The likeness of the firmament above the heads of the living creatures was like the color of an awesome crystal, stretched out over their heads…. And when they stood still, they let down their wings. A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings (Ezekiel 1:22, 24–25 NKJV).
 
“Flapping wings” is a picture of activity. It can be good activity; it can even be activity in the Lord’s work. However, we all need those times when we quiet ourselves before the Lord. “Letting down our wings” means quieting ourselves and being still before the Lord to hear His voice. It is a good thing to be still and know that He is God.

My Morning Prayer
-Marina Bromley

Good morning, Lord. As I envision the times in my day that my physical "wings are flapping" I also pause to think of the activities that "flap the wings" of my mind, my emotions, my heart.

Father, make me still. Place your hands upon me, around me, over me, beside me, and quiet me—mind, body, spirit, heart.

Thank you for the power of your Holy Spirit to encapsulate me, protecting me from the unnecessary flapping going on around me in the world—in the global news, in everything online, my family and home, at my church, and in my community. Allow the stillness of your power to help me to "be still and know that you are God," and that there is no one like you. Let your will be done, in earth as it is in heaven, and help me to lay down my will, that your will might take precedence. I love you, and need your power to be at work in me, around me, and through me. In Jesus's precious and holy name, amen.

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