If We Do Not Come Apart To Rest “we will” Come Apart

Faith Filled Thoughts
March 18th, 2009
By Connie Ciccone
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If We Do Not Come Apart To Rest “we will” Come Apart



Scripture: Isaiah 30:15 "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."

Regardless of whether we are homemakers or business executives, our schedules often become hectic and hurried. Deadlines have to be reached and appointments met. There is so much to do with so little time to do it, and before we know it, we are stretched to the limit and stressed out. The answer to this daily dilemma is found in God's word. It is the simple spiritual law of quietness before God. Like the law of gravity, I can't explain it, but I know that it works. As we take a few moments to get quiet in the presence of the Lord, He supplies us with a grace that gives us strength to meet every challenge.

Isaiah 40:30-31 declares that even "the young will faint and be weary, but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength." Waiting on the Lord enables you to draw strength from Him so that you can complete your course without weariness or fainting. Being quiet and putting your confidence in God is a discipline that shows your submission to the sovereignty of God and His will. As you wait and are still before God, He directs your paths and makes the crooked ways straight. Things will then fall into place without stress and struggle.

Even though Jesus had only three years to complete His ministry assignment on earth, He took time to rest. In Mark 6:3, He told the disciples "Come apart into a desert place, and rest for awhile." One minister said if we don't "come apart and rest" we will "come apart." Jesus knew the importance of taking time to wait before God. In Luke 6:12, He prayed all night and in Mark 1:35, He arose a great while before day, went into a solitary place, and prayed. He knew His strength came from the confidence that He gained while He was in the quietness of God's presence.

Reflect on the concepts of this prayer and allow your soul to be quiet and slow down.

"Slow us down, Lord!

Ease the pounding of our hearts by the quieting of our minds.

Steady our hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.

Give us, midst in the confusion of our days, the calmness of the

everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of our nerves and muscles with your soothing music

of the singing streams that live in our memories.

Help us to know the magical, restoring power of sleep.

Teach us the art of taking minute vacations.....

of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend,

to pat a dog, or to read a few lines from a good book.

Remind us each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise

that I we may know that the race is not always to the swift;

that there is more to life than increasing its speed.

Let us look upward into the branches of the towering oak and

know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

Slow us down, Lord, and inspire us;

to send our roots deep into the soil of life's enduring values

that I we may grow toward the stars of Our Great Destiny.
In Jesus' Name.
“Amen"
May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie
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