“SELAH”

MeMaw Thoughts
Number 462
February 3, 2020///

Here are some thoughts I turned into three short verses!

“So, bow with me in the throne room of heaven,
My Masters Touch is all that I need!
His life for me has already been given,
The fellowship is awesome and sweet!”
COME REST WITH ME IN THE SELAH PLACE!

“Lord hear my heart, when words can’t be spoken!
My tears that flow speak words loud and clear!
You look from above on a heart that is broken,
And out of your Love wipe away ever tear!
COME REST WITH ME IN THE SELAH PLACE!

How great is your Love, that sent us a Savior,
from heaven above to give us new life!
You came to give peace and show us your favor!
You cause a heart change that frees us from strife!
COME REST WITH ME IN THE SELAH PLACE!

Selah
Selah (/ˈsiːlə(h)/; Hebrew: סֶלָה, also transliterated as selāh) is a word used 74 times in the Hebrew Bible—seventy-one times in the Psalms and three times in the Book of Habakkuk. It is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like “stop and listen.” Another proposal is that Selah can be used to indicate that there is to be a musical interlude at that point in the Psalm. The Amplified Bible translates selah as “pause and think of that.”

I think that sometimes we rush through our reading of the word without taking time to pause and think about that or to stop and listen to what the Holy Spirit wants to show us through the scripture we just read!

Sometimes we rush through our prayer time anxious to get all our request in without taking the time to think about the promises God has given us and how big our God is!

We sing through songs without ever truly allowing the words to seep deep into our innermost being!

The longer I live, the more I believe the true growth in our Spirit comes when we pause and think about how much the Lord God has Blessed us and what the Cross means and sit in His presence and let His love strengthen and empower us!

As I was having my quiet time with the Lord one morning, the verses at the start of this blog, come pouring from my pen.

He is truly all we need, and He provides for us consistently and desires to fellowship and be our comforter.

On the bottom of my nephew, Dave’s, emails is a John Piper quote that is worth taking a Selah moment and thinking about!

“GOD IS ALWAYS DOING 10,000 THINGS IN YOUR LIFE, AND YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THREE OF THEM.”

Pause and think about that!

Another precious friend has this on the bottom of her email:

“WHEN YOU CARRY THE BIBLE, SATAN GETS A HEADACHE….. WHEN YOU OPEN IT, HE COLLAPSES….. WHEN HE SEES YOU READING IT, HE FAINTS….. WHEN HE SEES THAT YOU ARE LIVING WHAT YOU READ, HE FLEES…..”

Stop and listen to yourself as you read that out loud!

I am convinced that there is so much good we hear and read but we are rushing through our days and just do not take Selah moments to take in their truth.

A familiar verse in the Bible sums up what I am trying to point out today!

Psalm 46:10 (KJV)
10 Be still, and know that I am God:                                            SELAH!
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Father God, I sit in your presence and I bask in you Love. With you all things are possible. Nothing is to hard for you and you desire to Bless your children. I position my heart to hear and my mind to pause and think about your Love and care! Fill each person who reads this with a Spirit of ease and rest in you. Let each of us understand you are on our side. In Jesus name I ask! Amen!

Stop and think about His Love! Love, MeMaw