I’ve felt out of sorts this week. I’ve not been myself.
It’s been a busy week. A week in between commitments that I’ve used to catch up on some things. There have been appointments, trips to restock the pantry, completion of paperwork that should have been done a couple of weeks ago, and spending time with dear friends before they leave for a mission trip. It’s been a week of good things. A productive week. And yet, this morning, I feel a bit empty. Can you relate to that feeling at all?
As I’ve been reflecting on that this morning, I realized that in my busyness to accomplish everything on my to-do-list this week, I have neglected to do one very important thing. I have not taken the time to “be still”.
Psalms tells us to,
“Shut up . . . Shut off . . . Shut out . . . and in the silence . . . sense God: connect!” Pslam 46:10 (STREET)
How often this week did I intentionally take the time to be still? How often did I sit in silence, close my mouth and quiet my thoughts? How often did I shift my focus from all I hoped to accomplish and look into the face of the One who has planned my days from the very beginning? How often this week, did I shut out the world, turn off my phone, turn down the music, and sit in the presence of the One who loves me above all else? How often did I sit . . . in the silence?
Silence. My heart longs for it. It longs for it because it is in the silence that I can clearly hear the voice of the One who calls me by name. In the silence, He reminds me of who He is and of the call He has placed on my life. A call to things greater than simply completing my to-do-list.
The silence. It is what my heart longs for . . .
God longs for us to be still. He longs for us to spend time with Him, to understand who He is, and who He created us to be. Have you been taking the time to “be still”? Have you been taking the time to quietly sit in His presence?
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