Waiting on the Lord, Being Still
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Waiting on the Lord, Being Still
Scripture:
Psalm
46:10
“Be still, and know that I am
God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Exodus 14:14
The Lord will fight for
you, and you have only to be silent.”
Psalm 37:7
Be still before
the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one
who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Mark 4:39
And he awoke and rebuked the wind
and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a
great calm.
Psalm 62:5
For God alone, O my soul, wait in
silence, for my hope is from him.
Job 6:24
“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of
the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to
the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 23:1-2
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in
green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
Psalm 131:2
But I have calmed and quieted my
soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul
within me.
Devotional:
Calm.
Peace.
Surrender.
These are the themes of my today
as I press in to the Lord. A place of sitting at His feet, soaking in His
presence, and allowing Him to minister quietness to my soul.
Anxiety over the course of my
life has been such an integral part of my world that only in recent years have
I even recognized it. Deep seated fears of rejection, failure, and
worthlessness at one time drove me in all areas, though I was blind to it. It
was too much for my mind and heart to process, but my body held it nonetheless.
That pit in my stomach.
That tightness in my chest.
That retreat from uncomfortable
situations.
That isolation…..
These are indicators of anxiety,
but they are truly not the cause. The enemy of our souls has no desire for us
to find the secret of stillness and quietness. He would love for us to keep
struggling to “get” the peace we are gifted by virtue of our position in
Christ, our identity in Him.
Fear has torment.
Perfect love casts out fear. (1
John 4:8, KJV)
God does not desire for us to live
in torment, stomachs in knots, overwhelmed by our emotions. We will not “fix”
our situations by feeling this way. It only renders us immobile, unable to walk
out our days with the inner peace that truly comes from Him. This is not
Nirvana nor the removal of feeling, as the popular belief of this day would
tell us. Instead, it is emotions intact, surrendered to His Holy Spirit, and flowing
from within by God’s power.
I pray today that as we take time
to rest in Him, we would have a newer and deeper level of this quiet in our
souls.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for Your truth.
Thank You for the peace You provide. I ask today that I would truly be still
before You throughout my day. When trials come, I ask that Your peace would be
my center and my balance.
I lift up my children to You and
recognize that they are Your problem. They are not my problem, but my
responsibility to pray for. I bless You as You take care of us this day.
I lift (the area of need on my
heart). I give my anxious thoughts to You and ask that You will cause me to
surrender and be still.
In Jesus’ Name I pray, amen.
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