Be still before the Lord and wait. Be still and know that I am God. In silence my soul waits for you and you alone, oh God. This is a prayer of self-emptying that enables us to receive whatever it is that God wants to give. We come to him with empty hands and empty heart, having no agenda. Half the time we don’t even know what we need; we just come with a sense of our own spiritual poverty. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). Emptiness is the prerequisite for receiving.
