Psalm 46:10 - "Be still, and know that I am God..."
Life at the beginning of 2021 seems more like "2020 won" than anything! Our family was sick most of January and part of Feb. Thankfully we are now on the mend. Our support took a big swing to just over 87% and our hopes for finishing deputation rose quickly, then the wheels started spinning and we are now in another holding pattern in support raising. Our meeting schedule has picked up and we are busy each weekend with ministry in different churches, School for the kids is going strong, youth group and AWANA have started up again, and we are having car issues and can't find the part needed to correct the issue yet... Tired just writing all that is going on!
Be Still... I am learning that I need to stop sometimes. No, I may not be able to stop physically all the time (though that is heavily recommended for all of us!) but it can be emotionally and spiritually stopped.
Be still and know that I am God... When I force myself to stop, I can them remember who is truly in charge over all this craziness in life right now and always. God is the God of order, He offers peace, strength, wisdom. He is not the author of confusion.
When I feel like the first paragraph - overwhelmed, tired, discouraged - I need to stop. I need to reflect on Who is overseeing and orchestrating my life. I like to remember verses like James 1:17 -"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Or Philippians 1:6 - "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
In the midst of chaos, Be still, Gods got this, in my weakness, His strength will show.
BE STILL.
