The Stillness is For Us. Making ‘It All’ Happen Is Not.

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I haven’t figured it out yet. I’m not even sure that ‘figuring it out’ is the goal exactly. Maybe it’s a never-ending process and the benefit is just in that…the process. The ‘not there yet.’ I don’t know. If I figure THAT out, I’ll let you know.

No, I’m not just rambling (or maybe I am). I’m just using this as a bit of an online journal to tell about the craziness of life and how sometimes, well sometimes you can feel like it’s just too much. You see, life lately has been spinning at rapid speeds and while most of it I’m sure is no one’s fault but my own, I do think that some of it is just the nature of life. The nature of how this world distracts and pushes us to feel like we need to do more, be more, say more. The way that it tempts us to leave very little room for margin and instead fill it with a list of ‘To Dos’ and subsequently, a list of ‘Shoulda Done’s.’

It has hit me hard these last couple of weeks and there have been many moments when I can feel my heart rate start to rise as I consider the never-ending question of ‘How do I make it all Happen?’ The ‘It All’ part seems so overwhelming and the days seem to never have enough hours.  Where does this pressure even come from? Why does it seem that others miraculously find a way to make ‘It All’ happen? Do they have special super powers I don’t know about? If so, can they share the love?! I have convinced myself that it is a pressure that exists for my good, to push me to do better and be better, to get more done, help more people, say more important things and just be overall a better somebody! In the end, though, all that effort and expectation never seems to quite make the ‘It All’ possible nor satisfactory. It’s at this point that it occurs to me. Something very important. That is that it’s not about me and there is nothing I can do, say, be, accomplish or make happen that has any merit or worth outside of Christ. He IS my worth, my value and my significance. He is the one who makes ‘It All’ happen and only when I am doing, saying, being, accomplishing or making things happen by HIS power and grace will I ever be at rest. So much easier said than done but on a day when I feel behind, my house is a mess, there is a long list of To Dos and I am tempted to ask myself ‘what else can I be doing,’ I am grateful for this verse.

‘Be Still and Know that I am God’- Psalm 46:10

Oh what a glorious call…stillness… and something of which I am no expert. It doesn’t stop there but goes on to encourage us that in the midst of stillness, we should take notice that He is God, which means that we are not. What a relief. He is in control. He gives all of it purpose. He is our value. He finds enough hours in the day because He created the day. He makes It All happen.

I haven’t figured it out. I still wrestle with how to balance this kind of mentality with the call to also be diligent and hard-working. I still think maybe the benefit is in the process of learning that balance. Today, though, when I feel like my ‘To Do’s are longer than the hours available and I find myself on the move once again, I will take note that He is God, I am not, and stillness is a good thing.

Praying that you, reader, find encouragement in this today! The ‘It All’ is only for Him. The stillness is for us.

Happy Friday!

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