Last night’s live, the Lord taught us about the power of practicing stillness.
Before I started teaching on stillness, the Lord released me to share a few prophetic points.
In this season, God is pruning both the productive and the unproductive. The purpose of the pruning process is to make the tree bear more fruit. John 15:2 says, “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth, that it may bring forth more fruit”.
This scripture is focused on everyone who is in Christ. Whether you are fruitful or fruitless, the pruning process is necessary. As long as you are in Christ, the pruning process is inevitable. The more you produce, the more eligible you become for the pruning process. The unproductive areas of your life are also being pruned by the Lord.
The next thing the Lord released was to those who are experiencing warfare. The warfare you are facing is due to the discovery you have made or the discovery you are about to make. Daniel 10 shows us this. Daniel experienced a delay in the spirit when he positioned himself in prayer and fasting to receive the answer and interpretation to a vision he had. Gabriel experienced warfare where the principality of Persia withstood him. It took Michael to help Gabriel in Daniel 10:12-13. Gabriel told Daniel in vs 12 that from “the first day he set his heart to understand,” he had come for his words.
Be encouraged because what you are facing is a result of what you discovered or what you are about to discover.
God is calling us to silence the noise in our minds and be still in His presence. You see, it is in His presence where we become still, and it is in that moment that God gets to download His blueprint and release destiny to you.
The definition of stillness is the absence of movement or sound.
In the first clause of Psalm 46:10, it says to “Be still and know that I am God”.
Here are a few key points on stillness.
- Stillness makes way for restoration- Psalm 23: 2-3
- It’s in our stillness where God does His greatest work – Exodus 14:13-31
- Stillness is a quality of emotion that invites the power of God’s presence in your life- Psalm 94:19
There are psychological benefits of stillness:
- Reduces stress and anxiety
- Improving mental clarity
- Enhancing self-awareness
- Boosts creativity
- Promotes mindfulness
- Improves sleep
- Strengthens a deeper connection with oneself and others
Stillness requires a certain posture. I shared the story of when I fractured my arm a few years ago. When the cast was applied to my arm, I was instructed by the orthopaedic doctor that I needed to keep that arm still and try not to move it too much. I did not heed that advice, and my healing process was prolonged by an additional two weeks, so instead of four weeks, it was six weeks. Every time you forsake your moments of stillness, you prolong the pain and your healing process.
There are miracles, blessings, and breakthroughs that God wants to manifest in your life, but you have to be still. Being too busy and not focused will cause you to miss what God is trying to do in this season.
Prayer: Father, in the name of Jesus, I honour you and I magnify Your Holy Name. Father, in the name of Jesus, silence the noise in my mind so that I can sense, see, and hear You. Father God, diminish, demolish, and destroy every distraction in my life that tries to stop me from entering a place of stillness in You. Father, release a fresh anointing upon me to be still. Help me not to look to the left or the right. Help me not to be hasty and help me to look to You and You alone in Jesus’ Name, I pray, amen.
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