Daniel Silent?!?

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to just enjoy the presence of God? Instead of always bringing a list of things you need or want from God, you just enjoy meeting with him and being with him. Well God has really started to challenge me in this saying “Daniel when will you stop coming to me looking for what you can receive from me and instead begin to just want to be in my presence.” I heard one of the greatest ideas from a message by Jason Upton I have on my iPod. I had heard it before but this just gave me an even deeper knowledge of the idea. In the message Jason says that he was with a Pastor and the Pastor was praying over Jason and he said “Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be. For B is the beginning of Beginning, it is the beginning of Belonging, it is the beginning of Beautiful, and B is the beginning of Beloved and you are my Beloved.” How great an idea that is to just be still and know that He is God. Or to just BE in his presence. I don’t think I am quite to the point where I just Be in God’s presence but I definitely think I am getting closer and I can’t wait to be there. Another thing by Jason Upton is his song In the Silence is slowly becoming my favorite song in the season I am in. The chorus is quite easy and it just goes “In the Silence, You are speaking. In the Quiet, I can feel the fire, And it burning, Burning deeply. Burning all that it is that desire to be silent, In me.”  So if I could leave you with one thing it would be to simply Be Still, Be.