So, I live in the South East, US. We’ve been dumped with snow (a whole 6″) that seems to have paralyzed my small town to the degree that the kids get 3 snow days and will probably return to school with a 2-hour delay tomorrow. Our inability to deal with snow and ice in our wonderful state has always confused me, especially since I hail originally from the North East, where snow is pretty commonplace. That being said, if there was ever a moment that needed Selah, it would be now.
We have seen, so far, that the music device, Selah, causes a pause in the music. Well, today I want to go over another aspect of the Selah moment. Selah as a moment to reconsider, to think again…
Psalm 32:4-6 (New International Version)
4 For day and night
your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
Selah5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD “—
and you forgave
the guilt of my sin.
Selah6 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you
while you may be found;
surely when the mighty waters rise,
they will not reach him.
Have you ever been in a funky mood and it seems as though your thoughts are on repeat? I find this especially happens when my thoughts are negative. When I am thinking badly about my husband, its like that media player in my mind continually repeats the audio, video, and the keeps returning to the same phrases of my journal. Of course by the time he returns home, whoa buddy!!! All that negativity just bursts forth like an ocean. So, while we may have been able to have a conversation about some issue that needs some legitimate discussion, the legitimate issue drowns in a malstrom of negative energy. Nothing rational is heard over the din of irrational.
When a Selah moment is encountered, it pauses to reconsider where I am in my mind’s song. When I am being negative, I must take a pause to consider my own actions–honestly consider my own actions.
Then, when I consider my own personal mistakes and negativity, I say to God exactly where I’ve fallen short.
This moment of consideration allows for a reconsideration of the moment.
As I engage with the spiritual in my Selah moment, I am able to see truth where there were just the lies and exagerrations of the negative vibe I was spinning around in my mind. Within the presence of my pause, finding God’s wisdom, I am able to release (reconsider) the negative spaces and opt for the truth of the positive. I am not left to interpret the whitespaces in the story, but I can see the wisdom of dealing with the word as it is printed. Therefore, I am able to consider God’s power and his presence as important and powerful in my situation.
Selah, a moment to reconsider…
Thank you!