Be Still

Doesn’t it seem like time is going by faster and faster? It seems like we just celebrated the 4th of July and here it is almost Halloween. I don’t know about you but I would really like things to slow down. I am not sure if time is going by faster because I am getting older (turning the big five O this January) or that I am so busy I just don’t have time to remember the things that I have done and that makes it seem faster. Regardless, it stinks and I don’t like it.
If I were to pick one of the two I would say that life is way too busy. You would think with all the fancy technology we have, life would not be so busy. Wrong! It seems like it is getting busier. Not sure that is how God intended us to live. It seems like we are so busy looking forward to the next big thing, that we miss out on the simple blessings of life. We look forward to our vacation at the beach, or we just can’t wait to get that new furniture or that new car. Or we wait with anticipation for our team to beat their team. Now I am not saying that in themselves new furniture or a nice vacation or watching a sporting event is bad. The thing is that while we are waiting for those things life is still happening and I think we miss the simple things that God wants us to be aware of.
Here are just a few. Do we miss the twinkle in our spouse’s eye when we tell them “I love you!”? Do we miss the smile on our child’s face and the confidence we give them when we give them a huge bear hug? Do we miss the smile we give to a stranger when we acknowledge that they even exist? The little things.
In the scriptures there was a prophet who had just gone through a huge victory by defeating some other prophets of a false god. I mean this was huge. I mean fire from heaven huge. And so this prophet goes off by himself and is now expecting God to show Himself huge again. But that is not what happens, He is not in the thunder or the mighty wind, no, God shows Himself by speaking to him in a still small voice.
Maybe the enemy has got you so caught up in all the huge stuff, run to this, plan for this, wait for this, and you keep missing His still small voice and the small blessings that He wants to give you. He is whispering come to Me all who are weary and heavy laiden, come to Me and rest.
I am not saying big things are bad, the jury is still out on the busyness part and for sure I do not have this down pat in my own life. I want you to know that I am making a concerted effort to stop and listen for His still small voice. Because I don’t know about you but I don’t want to miss anything that God has for me and my family. Please don’t allow busyness or the next big thing to cancel out what God is trying to say to you or do in you. Know that God loves you more than you could ever know. And for your own sake, please be still and know that He is God!