What the Bible says about Concentrating on Knowing God
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Psalm 23:2 Only when we are still can we truly concentrate on knowing God. When our lives are upside-down, confusion and chaos reign, events and ideas rush by, and our attitudes and expectations are in flux. Under these conditions, the odds are against real spiritual growth. Often, we are just barely hanging on spiritually because circumstances have so distracted us and perhaps have even taken us down a side path that leads away from God. We may be trying to solve the problem—which is fine and right—but our minds are not straying very far from our own concerns. Like Job, we are failing to see the bigger picture of what God is doing. In such times, we need to find that still place—a peaceful, quiet environment—where we can meditate on what God has done and is doing, and resolve to let Him work. Only in a setting of peace and calm do we have the opportunity to take stock and work on improving ourselves and our relationship with God. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Beating the Rat Race (Part Six) Related Topics: Building a Relationship with God | Chaos | Concentrating on Knowing God | Confusion | Deterrents to Spiritual Growth | Distracted by the World | Distracting Conditions | Distraction | Distractions of Life | Improving Morality | Inner Peace

Luke 4:13-15 Verse 13 suggests that Satan had tempted Him much more extensively than what is recorded for us, but He was more than up to the challenge. During those forty days in the wilderness, Jesus was so still that He did not allow even food and water to distract Him from His unity with His Father, who gave Him the strength to endure and overcome the Devil's every test. Preparing for His ministry was so vital that He had to focus entirely on His relationship with God. It took total seclusion from the world to fix His mind on what God wanted Him to do. The result is that, when He walked out of the wilderness, He came with power and strength to do the difficult, intense work that He knew would end in His sacrificial death to pay for man's sin. That power carried Him forward for a long time, and He frequently recharged it by going to a still place and refocusing on His mission. The product of being still before God is to be filled with spiritual power to do God's will. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Beating the Rat Race (Part Six) Related Topics: Beating the Rat Race | Being Still | Building Relationship with God | Concentrating on Knowing God | Jesus Christ's Temptation | Jesus Seeks Seclusion | Number Forty as Indication of Testing | Satan's Temptation of Jesus Christ | Satan's Temptations

 

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