Still Waters and Quiet Confidence

This evening I spent time repenting of not being still before God.

So often I told myself not to strive, but all to often I found myself doubling up my efforts... well, not to strive.

This led to greater frustration. In those times, my prayers were clamorous and my worship not peaceable but loud and distracting. All because I refused to rest in God's word.

Isaiah 30:15 tells us that "...in returning and rest shall ye be saved: in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not."(KJV). The temptation is we should try to do just about anything to solve the problem rather than rest on God's promises. Refusal to be still before God is a sin.

I believe God is speaking to His children to rest, to still our hearts and minds. Philippians 4:6-7 tells us not to be anxious, but present our requests to God and His peace will guard our hearts and minds.

Remember Jesus fast asleep in the boat during the storm? When the panic stricken disciples awoke him; He rebuked the storm by saying, "Peace be still."

It's the peace of God that makes us to lie down in green pastures and leads us beside quiet waters (Psalms 23:2). Yes, even in the midst of the storm.