As I am reading through todays "Jesus Calling" (February 16) about thanking God for the "conditions that are requiring me to be still"....I think about how that in all circumstances He is calling us to be Still...in Him. He is the one who gives that perfect peace in the midst of busyness...in the midst of the eye of a storm in our life....in the midst of even calmness...quietness. He is calling us to "Be Still"...because He is God. When I try to be my own God...when I fight the circumstances that I am in, when I try to play the Holy Spirit in other's lives, when I don't give Him my first fruits...when I fight His calling me to be still...I always end up exhausted from all "my" striving.
All He wants from us to serve Him in "quietness and trust". Being still before our Lord...is serving Him. Being quiet in our soul before Him...is a form of worship. That is all we have to do. How we fight the quietness....the stillness...when we are forced to be still...as many of us are experiencing this through transition. How our circumstances have provided more "stillness hours"....How our Lord has provided these for us to come and be still....before Him...so He can fill us with Him....
I ask myself....
Why don’t I chose God in the stillness and only choose Him when I want to be still?
A loaded question....When God provides the quiet times, I seek the activity....but when I am overloaded I seek Him to be still. Hmm....I never win...always wanting what I don't have.
May you find your Lord in every second of your day today...whether it is filled with quiet seconds or a whirlwind of activity. He is there. He is calling us to be quiet and trust....in all things.
This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it. Isaiah 30:15
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