Let’s be honest!

Being still is hard. Why is it so hard? Being totally honest again, in our natural self, we want to see results, or changes. We want to see them fast or how and when we want them but God doesn’t work like that. The bible never states that this walk with God would be easy but it is worth it if we choose it.

Matthew 7:13-14 – You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad , and it’s gate is wide for the many that choose that way. ¹⁴⁾But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.

Few find it….

Few find it because many are unwilling to allow God to lead us. Many of us can’t or won’t BE STILL long enough so that God can do what he needs to do in us, through us, and for us. Is anyone thinking. Am I getting in the way? To be honest, YES and this honesty doesn’t come lightly because I have had to tell my own self “MELISSA, GET OUT OF THE WAY!” a time or two or more. All we do is delay what God is trying to do. The few that do find it are the ones that are ready to leave it all behind even if it hurts or seems hard, but they want everything God has planned for their lives to glorify Christ through it.

That Battle! Its not easy to walk through, let alone be still but I want you to know that God walks with you during, through it, and after it. All we need to do is believe, trust and Be Still and I remind you of the verse Exodus 14:14. In that battle or storm, you may hear “Be Still, Be Still.. but you feel uneasy or nervous because it looks dangerous and like its gonna wreck you. You want to say, “but God… how can I?”….. “but God don’t you see this situation?”…”don’t you see it’s getting worse?” …”look at the brokenness going on over here.”…”look at how far I fell”…”look at how I just cant get up” or maybe you fell so hard you just don’t see the point anymore. I want to share that the God that says. “BE STILL!” isn’t just anyone. He is the God that breaks chains…He is the God that moves mountains…He is that waymaker…He is the God that fights your battles so that you wont have to. He is the God that calls you to BE STILL when your at the end of your rope because as long as the other end of the rope is anchor the HIM all you need to do is trust him and BE STILL.

I encourage you with this thought, you can’t get through the storm or battle with out the mighty God that has the power and authority to command it to be still. Mark 4:39 – When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ” Silence! Be still” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.