What Do I Know of Holy

This morning as I drove home from taking the kids to school I heard a wonderful song I was not familiar with: What Do I Know of Holy by Addison Road. As the garage doors closed behind me I sat in the darkness of my front seat listening to lyrics like...

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What followed was spontaneous prayer, praise and simply being within God's presence. It wasn't something that was accompanied by fireworks or fanfare. After all, I was in darkness, alone in my car, yet completely engulfed in God's Holy Spirit.

And even as my mind scampered down the many trails of what could written about this song and my time with God, the overwhelming word I sensed from my Father was 'be'. Simply BE in my presence, Julie. Don't try to figure it out, write about and thereby miss your visitation. Simply be.

Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 It is a familiar verse to many of us who were raised in church. But is it a steady practice in our lives? Just think of the things we could learn (can learn) when we are still.

So, what do you know of holy? May I encourage you to open your copy of the The Bible today and catch a glimpse of who God is? May I also ask that you not go with any other expectation than to meet with Him? Lay aside your expectations of what it will or won't be or what you will or won't learn and merely yearn to simply be in Him. Once you encounter Him you will never be the same.

Practicing being still,
Julie