The presence of God in our life is a wondrous gift that
trumps any other blessing we could ever receive. God promises to be with us
even until the end of this age. This age is called the Time of the Gentiles, or
the Church Age. It began when Christ established the church while He lived on
this earth. During this age, God calls us to seek His Kingdom more than we seek the distractions of the world, the flesh and the
devil (Matthew 6:24). God requires total dedication and surrender (Luke 14:26), and His
blessings are out of this world!
This does not negate the fact
that we have a family, job, church and hobbies to participate in; but we do it
all through the direction of God’s Spirit and for His glory (1 Corinthians 10:31). We follow the leading of God’s Spirit through the
static of this world and the hectic pace of our life. He brings peace in the
confusion and order from the chaos. He replaces our stress with His rest, if we
will only surrender every facet of our life to Him. The first step in entering
God’s rest is to spend time with Him (Mark
12:30).
Confusion drowns out the voice
of God and causes us to feel frustrated, angry and to experience other negative
emotions. However, walking in His presence moment by moment through the duties
of our day, brings contentment and peace. God helps us to prioritze our time
and activities. Every soul needs “down” time for our soul – our mind, will and
emotions - to catch up, to chill out and to recover from the trauma of life. We
need time for our spirit to center into Christ’s life within us (Psalm 46:10).
We do not have to be afraid of
not measuring up, or of not getting all of our required work done or meeting
all of the needs of all of the people who depend on us. If we live one moment
at a time, Christ, who is our life and who lives within us (Colossians 3:3-4; Galatians 2:20), directs us to do what pleases Him. Like Mary, we can
make the best choice for our day, and sit at Jesus feet within us, no matter
where we are or what we are doing (Luke 10:42). As we praise Him and follow His Spirit, He will allow
us to excell, to finish what is required of us, and to meet the needs of all
the people He wants us to minister to.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, when You see our
agitation rising inside, prompt us to discover the source of the negative
emotions and to seek Your wisdom on how to deal with it. Nothing and no one can
successfully come against us or overpower us, because You live within us.
Remind us to be still and acknowledge that You are Lord over our life. Exhort
us to rest in You while You work out the issues, which are distracting us from
living in Your peace and rest. We trust You with our whole life, because we
have faith in Your faithfulness.
Thought for the Day:
We still have hectic
activities swirling all around us; however, as we walk in the Spirit, God gives
us a quiet refuge, supernatural strength and His constant help in any
difficulty we experience.
