Christ Is ALL - Chapter 3

Be Still

"The LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him." Habakkuk 2:20, NASB. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? "And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.'"

Do you not now know that you are the Holy Temple of God? Then let all the outward manifestation be silent before Him. Let all the problems of the earth realm be silent in His presence. And He is present in His temple, He is present within you, let your body of flesh and your carnal mind be silent. Are you not tired of listening to the lie of the carnal mind? Do you not know that the carnal mind receives NOT the things of God...nor can it? All this outward manifestation of carnality is not the LORD, nor can it be. He is in His Holy Temple, and it is there that He must be sought.

Do you think that God lives in holy mountains or holy buildings, or any other outward manifestation? Think again. God lives in His people. He lives in those who have been born of the Spirit, and through recognition have realized Him into their experience. "The kingdom of God is within you."

I remember trying to sleep one night and my thoughts were racing around in my head like if you were to see a movie of the Los Angeles freeway system in high speed. Here I was, a man of the earth, trying to figure out all my problems of tomorrow by thinking. Thoughts were racing from one end of my mind to the other, then another thought would flash back the other way; this way and that way, up and down, and swirling all around. I could find no peace. I could find no comfort. I could find no sleep. And, most of all, I could find no answers.

The answers that I needed are not in the thinking mind of man, the answers are in Consciousness. Not that a man can't use his mind; the mind is an avenue of awareness through which inspiration and intelligence flow. The mind is a tool to be used just like my hands are a tool to be used by me. With my mind I can come into an awareness of the Truth of God; this is in fact is how we are being transformed...through the renewing of the mind.

I am a Spiritual being and I need spiritual answers, and these do not come through the thinking human mind. These answers come from Spirit and that is within me. I do not need God to come out of the sky and speak to me, I need to hear His still small voice that is within me, and then the earth of carnality melts. The outward manifestation dissipates at the Voice of the LORD, for nothing of carnality can stand in His presence.

Then, I remembered the command of the Lord. So I got up and went into my study, sat in my chair, and listened. My head was buzzing with problems and thoughts and I remembered the command: "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth." -Psalms 46:10.

I must be still; I must let all the earth keep silent; I must know that I AM is God in me and that He has all the answers to my problems. I must know that He is mighty within me, and that greater is He (Christ-Self) that is within me than he (personal-self) that is in the world.

As I contemplated the truth of that scripture the "freeway system" of thoughts began to slow down. As I turned within to the Holy Temple I could see peace on the horizon. I then meditated on that Truth, ignoring the buzzing lingering around inside my mind, and I hear: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee." -Isaiah 26:3. My mind was stayed on my problems and they kept getting immense, in my mind that is. I must keep my mind on God as the Reality of my being, not these problems that were presenting themselves to me.

By contemplating Truth, I was able to enter into a deep peaceful meditation with my mind stayed on God and trust Him as the problem solver, trust Him to give me the wisdom at the time I need it; trust Him to go before me to make the crooked places straight. As the peace came and the thinking mind was stilled, I could hear the Voice of Spirit walking in the garden--"I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Peaceful sleep came to me that night and a new awareness of the Truth of Being. I realized that I no longer have to look to my own self to try and figure out my problems, but I must look to my inner Self, the Christ in me, as the Way shower in all areas of my life.

That night unfolded as a message that was shared, titled "Be Still." I would now like to share those notes with you:

"Be Still"

The goal of growing up into Him in all things is the releasing of the Soul from the tomb of human existence into the reality of spiritual existence.

The tomb of our human existence is the tomb of our carnal mind. The carnal mind of MAN is an imprisonment to the human experience, and it holds us in bondage from the freedom of the Spirit of Life that we have in Christ Jesus.

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." Isaiah 26:3, KJV.

GOD WILL KEEP US IN: perfect-peace
1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
1a) completeness (in number)
1b) safety, soundness (in body)
1c) welfare, health, prosperity
1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
1e) peace, friendship

BECAUSE OUR: mind
1) form, framing, purpose, framework
1a) form
1b) purpose, imagination, device (intellectual framework)

IS: stayed
1) to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon
1a) (Qal) to lean or lay upon, rest upon, lean against
1a2) to support, uphold, sustain
1b) (Niphal) to support or brace oneself
1c) (Piel) to sustain, refresh, revive

ON GOD.

THE FATHER WILL KEEP US IN COMPLETENESS BECAUSE OUR PURPOSE IS IN HIM.

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalms 46:10, KJV.

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that HE IS, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Hebrews 11:6, KJV.

God IS: He is Self-sustained, Self-maintained, and Self-fulfilling. I must come to God believing that He IS, and that He is always is-ing Himself towards me.

All of my outer storms will be stilled when my inner conflicts are settled.

PEACE, BE STILL!

"And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm." Mark 4:39, KJV.

The reality of Christ stills the storm. Be Still. Be still in my mind, be still in my Soul. Be still to the waves of duality that roar in the sea.

"Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them." Psalms 89:9, KJV. "The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea." Ps. 93:3,4, KJV.

My Soul is like the boat on the sea...the waves are crashing, the wind is blowing, and I feel as though I am going to drown...yet, Christ is asleep in the boat. He told me to go to the other side. He didn't say "go to the middle of the sea and drown," He told me to "go to the other side." So the Christ rises within and declares to the waves, "Peace, Be Still." And He says "BE STILL" to all the waves of duality--my double-soul life.

"...a two-souled man is unstable in all his ways." James 1:8, -YLT.

Up to this point in my Christian walk I have live a two-souled life. I see into the reality of the Spirit, and yet, I live in the nature of the flesh. When the reality of the Spirit of Christ stands up in my Soul, in my understanding, in my consciousness; when I move forward from a revelation of Christ to a realization of Christ within---things change.

The reality of Christ is who we are. Just as the reality of Christ's death is my death, so, too, is the reality that Christ's life is my life. But if there is no change in my outer experience then there has been no realization in my understanding, and I am still in sin-consciousness.

"I am...the Life," "Christ, who is our Life," Life is a HE. And the Life that is Christ is in me and you. And He is wanting to live His Life through me--that is the hope of glory...Christ in you (Col. 1:27).

This is why He tells us to be still: We need to be still so we can hear His voice speaking to the waves and to the wind of the storms of life. His voice will declare what is true in the heaven, the realm of Spirit; and what is true in the heaven will be true in the earth. What is true in the Spirit will be true in the flesh.

PS. 95: 7, "...Today, if you will hear His voice." And His voice is a still small voice and it is within you, for the Kingdom of God is within YOU! We must hear His voice. We must hear what is true in heaven, for what is true in the Spirit...is true of you.

We need to become consciously aware of what God says about us as the truth of us. What He declares about you and me is the truth of you and me. It is not a hope it is the truth.

What God declares of Christ He declares of us. What is true of Him - is true of me. The truth of Him is the truth of me. The "I" of Him is the "I" of me. Gal. 2:20

The I of me is Spirit, and that Spirit is standing up in my soul and speaking, "PEACE, BE STILL; KNOW THAT I AM GOD! And all is being made calm at the voice of Christ speaking Truth within me.

God in the midst of me is the only Power; God in the midst of you is Mighty. Rest in that assurance.

To be still is to have an intimate meditative relationship with God. To be quite and hear His voice we MUST spend time fellowshipping with Him...understanding our union with Him...knowing Him.

To know Him and the Power of His Resurrection: That's a relationship that bears fruit.


Sentient BEings
Christ Is ALL