Be Still
Isaiah 28:12-13 -- "He who said to them, "Here is rest, give rest to the weary," And, "Here is repose," but they would not listen. So the word of the Lord to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there" That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive." [NASB]
The thing is, had I actually taken just a few minutes to stop the crazy-person dance with no rhythm and no continuity - to truly rest - I would have had more strength to finish my daunting to-do list. I would have been more efficient and could have actually started to tick things off my list with big happy check marks. None of us runs very well with a drained battery.
In Isaiah God was trying to tell His people this very thing. God was and still is trying to lead us - but we were and are so very busy being busy that we often miss His wonderful opportunities to rest and fully understand His will.
If we continue on our very busy, busy path trying to juggle so many objects and rely on our timing for success, rest, and efficiency - we will find that in the bed of our own making : "the bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you." [Isaiah 28:20]
In short - we will simply be spread too thin to be of any true service to our Lord. We will stumble backward, become snared, and taken captive - then we end up in the spiritual ER totally out of commission. Where is the success in that?
God really DOES want our service. He wants us to accomplish the wonderful things He has in store for us - they are set before us for a reason and with amazing reward! But - just as Rome wasn't built in a day - neither can we serve God fully if we try to do ALL the serving ALL at once.
pppsssstttt - did you hear that? That amazing THING?! It's called quiet. We can't get that hustling and bustling about - we have to be still. In that amazing quiet lies the rest we need and the opportunity to REALLY hear God's voice!
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