As a mom, wife, and business owner my mind is constantly going. I'm always thinking of what to do next, what I need to do, and what I just did. The hardest life lesson I learned was learning how to be still.
In the midst of turmoil when life throws so many things at you that test your faith, relationships, and even sanity the last thing you want to do is be silent, still and wait on God. It's human nature to want to fix things on your own accord. Especially...when you are at war with everything that makes sense and everything God has told you and already shown you. I immediately did everything humanly possible but listen to God. The more I did; the more discouraged I would become when it didn't work. The more I felt myself questioning everything, and the more tension it was in my household because my husband and kids fed off my energy. When you have times like this, you have to make sure you are around friends that can uplift you and friends who are spiritual. Don't be too prideful to ask for help. God assigns people to help you that won't judge, that won't tell you what you should of done, and that won't question you or your situation because they are real friends. Sometimes God may put you in a situation just to humble you or reveal who are assigned by God or who are only meant to be in your life for a season.When you tune God out sometimes God tunes your loved ones in. I finally told my best friend what was going on and how I felt. She immediately asked, "Have you been still and actually listened to God? Have you tuned out the noise from what's going on on earth and actually listened to what God is requiring of you? If you tried everything the world wants you to try... and it's not working...maybe you need to be still. It made since when she said that. I wasn't sleeping at all at night. I know that when God wakes you up in the middle of the night He's trying to tell you something. So if I wasn't sleeping at it must be an urgent message from God! I was still praying, but my prayers were half hearted and empty and God knew that. That night I was still and silent. The message was clear: If you trusted me then trust me now. You are overwhelmed because you aren't on the path I set before you. You are more worried about worldly things than the things I told you in my Word. You are running yourself crazy when I have asked you to be still and trust me. " That night i slept better than I had in weeks! Sometimes you can be the busiest person in the world, but God still wants you to be still and trust him. When you are in the midst of turmoil and you can't figure out what to do or it doesn't seem to work... be still and trust God. When you just yearn to hear God's voice because you need the familiarity of knowing He is with you...be still and trust God.
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