I did a quick search on my blog for the word stillness and found a beautiful post! The post is titled, "Is He Your Shepherd?" This came from notes from a Tuesday night Bible study in Hawaii in 2016. You can read the entire post by going here. I'm including my notes about one part that fits today's word perfectly. If we've ever needed a place of stillness, it's now, in 2020.
He leadeth me beside the still waters...
Still waters are hard to come by in our busy, over-scheduled lives. There is a place of rest in a busy and crazy world. We need both physical and emotional rest.
God wants us to have time to recuperate. We need times of recuperation.
We need to value hitting the pause button and taking trips by the still waters. We need to learn what it is to calm ourselves. When we're hurting and feeling stressed, we must find a place of rest. We need rest and calm to navigate life.
The opposite of still waters is a place of explosion.
God is doing everything to create a place of rest. The biggest mistake you can make is believing you can work through every problem of life on your own.
There is a great need for spiritual lifeguards. People who are looking for those who are drowning in the sea of life, who can bring calm to others. We can't do that if we don't have calm and rest in our own lives.
We have the ability to be calm and bring calmness. The church is a place of calmness. This is a place to come in and lie down.
There are times when we are so stressed, our thinking is so messed up, we don't think we can even pray.
When we are in stillness God can send things to cleanse us of the parasites of life. It takes the calm place to clean off what does not belong. We have to learn the value of quiet time, a time to take a deep breath, listening for the still small voice.
At this point of the lesson, the Great Shepherd, the Prince of Peace took over. There was such a beautiful, calming move of His Spirit that I put my pen down and closed my eyes, just listening to Pastor McGriffin. He continued teaching a few more minutes. The spirit in the building was so sweet as Pastor McGriffin began to sing...
Still waters are hard to come by in our busy, over-scheduled lives. There is a place of rest in a busy and crazy world. We need both physical and emotional rest.
God wants us to have time to recuperate. We need times of recuperation.
We need to value hitting the pause button and taking trips by the still waters. We need to learn what it is to calm ourselves. When we're hurting and feeling stressed, we must find a place of rest. We need rest and calm to navigate life.
The opposite of still waters is a place of explosion.
God is doing everything to create a place of rest. The biggest mistake you can make is believing you can work through every problem of life on your own.
There is a great need for spiritual lifeguards. People who are looking for those who are drowning in the sea of life, who can bring calm to others. We can't do that if we don't have calm and rest in our own lives.
We have the ability to be calm and bring calmness. The church is a place of calmness. This is a place to come in and lie down.
There are times when we are so stressed, our thinking is so messed up, we don't think we can even pray.
When we are in stillness God can send things to cleanse us of the parasites of life. It takes the calm place to clean off what does not belong. We have to learn the value of quiet time, a time to take a deep breath, listening for the still small voice.
At this point of the lesson, the Great Shepherd, the Prince of Peace took over. There was such a beautiful, calming move of His Spirit that I put my pen down and closed my eyes, just listening to Pastor McGriffin. He continued teaching a few more minutes. The spirit in the building was so sweet as Pastor McGriffin began to sing...
Jesus, Jesus, JesusThe congregation joined in, singing softly with no instruments, but with such a spirit of calm. It wasn't a time to shout, but to quietly absorb the Word that was spoken. Pastor McGriffin closed with these words, "In a world spinning out of control, we need to find the place of rest in the calm of God."
There's just something about that name
Master, Savior, Jesus
Like the fragrance after the rain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Let all heaven and earth proclaim
Kings and kingdoms shall all pass away
But there's something about that name.
I'm thankful that I know where to go to find stillness!
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