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title: 'Trust God Quietly and Watch What Happens'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=O4ym_4iwivY'
video_id: 'O4ym_4iwivY'
date: 2026-07-26
duration_sec: 319
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# Trust God Quietly and Watch What Happens

> Source: [Trust God Quietly and Watch What Happens](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O4ym_4iwivY)

## Summary

A personal reflection on encountering God's presence, emphasizing that the Bible becomes alive through spiritual experience rather than intellectual study. The speaker shares a transformative encounter at age 33 that gave them a constant awareness of God's presence, leading to a passionate faith.

### Key Points

- **Be Still Before the Lord** [00:16] — The speaker reads from their book 'God's Fingerprint', chapter titled 'Be Still Before the Lord', about waiting patiently for God.
- **Bible Boring Without Encounter** [01:12] — The Bible is boring for those who have not personally encountered the God of the Bible; it's spiritual nourishment, not an academic workbook.
- **Feeling God's Presence** [01:54] — Every part of the speaker's body feels God's presence like electric peace and love, a constant awareness after the initial visitation.
- **Encounter at Age 33** [02:35] — The speaker had a initial visitation at age 33, and the knowledge of God's presence has stayed with them every moment since.
- **Like Pentecost** [03:06] — The speaker compares their encounter to the disciples' experience at Pentecost, causing excitement and unwavering faith.
- **Deeper Understanding Through Encounter** [04:01] — After the encounter, reading the Bible felt personal; the speaker feels part of the stories and hears Jesus' words spoken to them.
- **God Will Pour Out His Spirit** [04:42] — Quoting Acts 2:17, the speaker believes God is touching people and there is more to experience of knowing and being known by God.

### Conclusion

The speaker's testimony underscores that experiencing God's presence transforms faith from intellectual belief to a vibrant, personal reality, and encourages others to seek such an encounter.

## Transcript

day, but today is kind of cloudy so you won't see the sunset. I want you to listen to recording of one of my video.
It's chapter 24 on my book God's fingerprint and the title of the chapter is be still before the Lord
the chapter is be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him. But after that initial visitation of his [music] presence, the knowledge of his presence stays with me every single moment of every day.
I miss it when I don't sense it. I always want to go back to it. I always want to go back to it. >> [music] You, God, are my God. Earnestly, I seek you. I thirst for you. My whole being
[music] longs for you. Psalm 63:1 God touched me. The Bible is boring for someone who never encountered the God of the Bible personally.
It is not an academic workbook for intellectual [music] life consumption. It is the word of God for spiritual life nourishment for those who are [music] thirsty for him.
hungry, >> [music] curious. To treat it as >> just intellectual information makes it dry
and most of it [music] even illogical from human standpoint. God in experience, God's word becomes alive. I don't expect [music] many people to understand what I just said.
It is a kind of knowing [music] where I know I am in God's presence. [music] even though I do not see his face with >> [music] >> Every part of my body feels his
presence. Every atom of my being is energized by his presence. It's like electric peace and love. I don't think we will have a full understanding [music] of why some
encounter God and others do not. God is sovereign and we can only desire and pray that he gives us one. [music] He gave me one when I was 33 years old.
>> [music] >> every now and then. But after that initial visitation of his presence, [music] the knowledge of his presence stays with me every single moment of every day.
I miss it when I don't sense it. [music] I always want to go back to it. Why me? I don't know. I was just as bad or [music] worse than a lot people at my age then.
encounter the disciples had at Pentecost. I get excited even now when I see pictures of Pentecost. [music]
"That's it. That's what he did for me." That encounter did it for me. You can That encounter did it for me. You can feed me to the lion and I won't deny that Jesus, God, the Holy [music] Spirit, and heaven is real.
And that is why I am excited about God every day. >> I pray that you long for that encounter, too. And that he gives it to you. As the deer longs for streams of water,
>> [music] >> for you. Oh God, Psalm 42:1, my heart's response. Dear God, after I felt your intense
I started having a deeper [music] understanding of your words. Thank you for filling me with your Holy Spirit. My life has never been the same since then.
When I read the Bible, I feel like I am part of [music] the story. When I read the words of Jesus, I feel the words he was speaking were being spoken [music] to me. When I read the stories of Abraham,
Joseph, Moses, David, and the apostles, [music] me. Thank you, God. I love you, God. Amen. In the last days,
>> God says, "I will pour out my spirit on all people. [music] Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams." Acts 2:17, God is touching [music] you.
Believe that there is so much more to the experience of knowing [music] and being known by God. There is so much more to your experience of loving and [music] being loved by God.
You might feel that loving God with all your