Good Morning All,
Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and
know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth!”
I feel very blessed. The Lord has given me a wonderful gift. I am a “baby whisperer.” From the time I got to be involved with
babies, I have had the knack for getting them to quiet down and to settle
down. It is really a neat gift from
God. Some of you probably also have this
gift. It is a real blessing to be able to comfort a child in this manner.
It seems that the greatest
part of this is to be able to quietly whisper into the ear of the child. The movement and holding the child close to your
chest is important as well but the soothing sound of a quiet voice helps. Probably the first order though is to get the
child to stop fighting and wrestling around.
Once you can get the child to quit squirming, the process goes a little
easier. It can be frustrating for a while;
you want to yell “BE STILL” but you know you have whisper “be still;” that is
the only way that you can calm them down.
You need a gentle voice in order to bring a calm to the child.
This is exactly how we
should view God’s Word to us. His Word
comes to us gently to still and calm us.
It comes to give us peace. This
is exactly what the psalmist is saying in this verse. The directive “Be still,” is better viewed as
“quit fighting” or “quit struggling.”
That is what we do when we focus on ourselves and our own abilities and
work. We keep waging our own battles
against the devil and his lies and we get nowhere. We struggle and struggle and we get nowhere. All we do is exhaust ourselves and lose our
ability to truly rest.
In all this, God is holding
us in his arms and quietly whispering into our ear, “shhh, be still.” “Stop fighting against my grace. Rest in my grace, have peace in my
arms.” This is what our loving God is
really saying to us. He is quietly and lovingly
calling us back into his arms. His peace
and grace await us.
Yet we keep fighting, we keep
battling against God. We think we know
better so we fight on and yet we get more and more tired, and we get less and
less rest. We are never content. We battle and battle, yet we continue to lose
ground. So, into this life god tells us
to be still; quit fighting, it only makes things worse. Stay with me and be still. Rest in my grace and take comfort in my arms. This is what he tells us over and over, all
we need to do is listen. All we need to
do is listen, stop fighting, stop running from his love and cling to him and
soon we will be at rest.
We need to listen to God’s
words of mercy, his words of forgiveness and to his words of gentle comfort. God offers this to us, all we need to do is
to stop, stop fighting and rest in his arms.
Father of all mercy, in you
we have rest. Guide us by your Spirit to
stop fighting and to cling to you instead.
In you we have peace. Be with
those who are especially struggling against your grace. Keep whispering to them to be still and to
trust in your mercy, in the precious name of our risen Savior, amen.
God’s Peace
Pastor Bret
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