March 25, 2012
March 19th, 2012March 25, 2012
Read Psalm 46:10-11
Be Still and know that I am God.
In 1975 I graduated high school and volunteered to serve in the US Army. I had the choice of serving two, three or four years. I signed up for three years. My first duty tour after my basic training was to Panama. It was in Panama that I gave my life to Jesus Christ. While playing in a soccer game I tore the cartilage in my right knee. It needed to be operated on and I stayed in the hospital for a month. While I was recuperating I was visited by a Catholic nun who gave me a Bible to read. By the time I left the hospital and returned to the barracks I was told I would have two weeks left in Panama and then I would be going home Because I did not leave the country when I had been expected to I lost my room. Therefore, I would be sharing a room with a new guy who just arrived in Panama. My new roommate had many books and most were about the Bible. For the next two weeks we spent a lot of time together. He shared Jesus Christ with me and I asked Jesus Christ to be my Savior and my Lord. I left Panama a different person. I was born again.
I arrived at Fort Sill Oklahoma to finish out my last year in the Army. On my first day at Fort Sill I met another Christian brother. He became my best friend. He taught me a lot about the Bible. Today I look back and I see how beautifully God worked in my life. These chain of events, the soccer game, the injury, the hospital stay caused me to “be still”. And meeting the nun, the new roommate and finding a best friend helped me to “know that He is God”. It is my hope you find time today to be still and know He is God.
Dear heavenly Father, I pray that we who are Your people and are called by Your name will never be anxious or afraid. But instead I pray we would be filled with Your peace, Your love and Your joy. And I pray that You would cause us to be still and know that You are God. I pray that You would be glorified in and through our lives. Amen
Joe Bell