When my ophthalmologist says, Be still, I am still. I dont argue. I dont become defiant. I dont stay busy behind his back. Why? Because he is a renowned eye surgeon who is trying to preserve my sight, and he needs my cooperation. I would be foolish to ignore his instructions.
So why am I not as cooperative in matters of spiritual stillness? God considers rest so important that He built it into the rhythm of life. Without rest we cant see clearly; we begin to see ourselves as more important than we are.
After Elijahs stressful confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel, he ran himself into a state of exhaustion. God sent an angel to care for him. During a time of stillness, the word of the Lord came to him (1 Kings 19:9). Elijah thought he alone was doing Gods work. He had been so zealous that he didnt know that 7,000 others hadnt bowed to Baal (v.18).
Some of us may fear what will happen if we sit still and stop working. But something worse happens when we refuse to rest. Without rest we cannot be spiritually or physically healthy. God heals while we rest.
Just as I needed stillness so that my eye could heal, we all need stillness so that God can keep our spiritual vision clear.
Read: 1 Kings 19:1-12
Good evening, Mayor, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.
Hope you’ve had a nice weekend so far. We are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Would be nice to help knock down the dust of “all over town” street sweeping.
Thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))
Good evening, Mayor, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.
Hope you’ve had a nice weekend so far. We are supposed to get some rain tonight and tomorrow. Would be nice to help knock down the dust of “all over town” street sweeping.
Thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))
" And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." -from the Bible: Colossians 3:14-17