Be Still

“Stop fighting,” he says, “and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world.”
Psalms 46:10 GNB

“Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.”
Psalm 46:10 MSG

Our God says, “Calm down, and learn that I am God! All nations on earth will honor me.”
Psalms 46:10 CEV

In a world like ours, it can be difficult keeping calm. Now in this presence times, the days of pandemic….I ask myself how can I be still, how can I know God in the midst of all these….I really need to move fast I tell myself, I don’t think I can wait for God to speak and give directions- my actions speak for me.
Everyone seems to be ticking off goals their list, people are making changes and transitions in their career, even getting married….
But one question I fail to ask myself is who am I truly living for? Do I know who I’m called to be…..so what if everyone seem to be on a fast lane, so what if people around have discovered themselves and living their dreams…..
The question is have I enquired of the Father of what He wants from my life, I say Psalms 27:4 is my favorite verse, do I truly understand the implications of the words…..

I’m asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house my whole life long. I’ll contemplate his beauty; I’ll study at his feet.
Psalm 27:4 MSG

I have asked the LORD for one thing; one thing only do I want: to live in the LORD ‘s house all my life, to marvel there at his goodness, and to ask for his guidance.
Psalms 27:4 GNB

The one thing I ask of the Lord — the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord ’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.
Psalms 27:4 NLT

Here’s the one thing I crave from God, the one thing I seek above all else: I want the privilege of living with him every moment in his house, finding the sweet loveliness of his face, filled with awe, delighting in his glory and grace. I want to live my life so close to him that he takes pleasure in my every prayer.
Psalms 27:4 TPT

In different versions are the words I hold dearly to my heart. I have told the Lord , He is the one thing I only desire, yet I keep not the words I claimed to have hold dearly.

Like Martha , I have allowed myself to be cumbered with cares and even activities I have claimed that were for unto Him and all He is ever asking is to sit at His feet, listen, take pleasure in His presence….is this not what you always wants, filled with awe as I look into Him, He says. “How have you forgotten so soon your First desire, not just your first, your Only.”
I say, I thought keeping busy was good, showing You I can work for You was something You want, because I saw others doing it and it pleased You.
I have forgotten to be like John and rest on Your breast and be Your beloved, I need not be like Peter and be rugged always. You only want me to be Still.

“Stillness allows us to be led down the path of intimacy with God”

Down in the sense of becoming humble and allowing yourself to loose control of what God should handle. This road is quite unsettling to follow, because you just believe you can handle this.

But if God is to give us the power to control all things, can we effectively keep things under control….even as much as we have the power to permit or not to permit whatever comes in our lives, we can’t control the amount of what moves in and out in our lives. So why fret when things don’t go according to plan.

God is saying to you today,

“Calm down my love and see me at work”

Shalom

In His Love♥️

Nenpan Wungak