.........hush........

I always want God to speak to me like he did to the people in the Old Testament. Wouldn't that be awesome if some huge thunderous voice, bellowed down from the heavens with instructions on what to do next. Or if Jesus was still alive in the flesh on earth, you could just go and ask him for direction and advice. Maybe even in a really vivid dream, like ones that Joseph and Mary had. Life would be so much easier....

You see, the thing is that, I am always anxious about whether or not I am really following God's will. I guess this is a good thing to be anxious about, but on the other hand, maybe it just highlights that I have a lack of faith in myself, or even worse a lack of faith in God.

And it is because of this anxiousness I always want God to speak to me clearly. However, it is this anxiousness itself, this doubt, this mess in my heart and mind that makes me doubt if I can hear God speaking at all.

So often, we ask so questions from, why this and how that? But God sometimes may not answer them in the way that we think. In fact, everytime Jesus is asked a question, he often give a reply that the people are not really expecting. Sometimes he doesn't answer at all.....and this is when we have to be still and just know that he is God.

Be still means STOP! Stop whatever you are doing and rest. It's hard to give anybody your attention if you are rushing about all over the place, the same applies to God. Knowing that he is God is a call to faith. If we know that he is God, then we know that God in his infinite love and wisdom for us, is going to lead us through the situation no matter what it maybe.

I am said this many times I think, but it should be the still small voice of calm that we are straining to hear instead of waiting for that thunder clap from the sky. And so, right now, take a moment to be still............be still.........be still..