Read: Psalm 55:16-17, 22“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.” Ps 131:2 (NKJV)
The soul is the most overlooked of all human entities. Our mind, will and emotions play an enormous part in our life, but we often negate the soul to the realm of the “flesh” and crucify it. I am not talking about carnal thoughts and feelings, but about the God given emotions and mental needs, which we get too busy during our day to satisfy. We end up stuffing our body, soul and spirit with junk food rather than with truly fulfilling nutrition.
Confusion and haste fill our day and rule our behavior. We rush through life without giving a thought to the flower peeking up through the sidewalk, to familiar shapes in the clouds, to the butterfly flitting across the landscape or to the look of worry or depression on our co-worker’s face. We constantly bombard our nervous system with chaotic trivia and ignore the important things in our life. We chat or text on the cell phone more than we talk to God.
To change this mad rush through life, we simply need to make a slight adjustment in our mindset. Rather than focusing on completing our list of things to do, we can listen to and follow the Spirit of God as He leads us through every moment of the day.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, help me to be still and to acknowledge that You are God.Thought for the Day:
“The work of righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.” – Isaiah 32:17
