How can we be still when we're feeling desperate ?
This week, God has told me to "Let it be and be still..." - the famous verse found in Psalm 46:10.
I've been going to job fairs, searching job boards, applying online, calling, etc. So far, I've had lots of interview experiences and several more ball point pens - given away at the job fairs.
But no job.
It's actually been a good week, focusing on who God is, praying, searching the Bible for answers. My stress levels have gone down, because I'm not doing the work. I'm being still and letting God do the work. Still no job, but more peace.
The answer is in the rest of Psalm 46:10 "Let it be, be still - and know that I am God."
That's the key - knowing that He is God, that He is sovereign, that He knows what's supposed to happen and when.
Being still and letting God be God is the key to total peace and the answer for our prayers.
Ephesians 1:2 (Amplified Bible)
ReplyDelete2May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace [which means peace with God and harmony, unity, and undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I read this verse recently and the word undisturbedness grabbed my attention. What a wonderful thing to actually appropriate the grace of God to such a degree that we would be so calm that nothing would disturb us.
May the assurance of "...knowing that He is God" allow you to have deep peace. As we trust in Him, the Holy Spirit can place a "DO NOT DISTURB" sign on the door of our souls so that no circumstance, trouble or anxiety can didrupt our rest. And we can continue to say with the hymn writer :It is well with our souls"
I think of you often and hope you are well.
Thanks, Mary Beth.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, God does give wonderful peace. It's the fear of the wait that disturbs my peace. So I need to keep focused on that truth.
Appreciate your prayers.