From another blog I wrote without WiFi as we traveled by bus for 26 hours through Indonesia:
26 hours on a bus through Indonesia on the way to Bali gives way to lots of sightseeing, lots of thinking and lots of praying. Sitting here right now looking at the people of Indonesia as we pass by on our bus and noticing how content they are to just be present and be still. I’m only seeing snap shots of them as we quickly pass by, but in those snapshots I see mothers on motor bikes dropping off daughters and sons to school, men at work, children playing in their school uniforms in the courtyards of their schools, young men sitting on bike carriages waiting for someone in need of a ride, people chatting, people sitting, people sleeping, vendors preparing their food stands for the day ahead, shops opening, etc. Its interesting to see how differently we live our lives in America. We are always on the move. Always seeking the next thing or person or project, but so far in Indonesia the people are just content to be sitting and talking. That has been one of my favorite sights so far – seeing groups of 4-5 people sitting, leg up on the bench, bikes parked off to the side, just chatting.
“Be still and know that I am God”. Being still in front of our Father is so important. Being still so He can fight for us (Ephesians 14:13-14), being still so that He can speak to us, being still so we can hear from Him. He loves for us to be still. I sit here and I think of how often I’m not still, how often I’ve even been almost fearful to be still because I know that the moment I stop the moment God might choose to speak to me. Sometimes I fear His voice I think because I know He might ask me to act or speak out of my comfort zone. He loves to bring us out of our comfort zones, doesn’t He? Heck.. I’m thousands of miles away from the comfort of my home and family because of Him! Haha Thank goodness He asks us to do hard things. If He didn’t, I fear we would become stuck in a cookie cutter version of life living only a small portion of the way He intended us to live the lives He so beautifully gave us.
Today I will leave y’all with these take always:
•Be still.
•You can do hard things.
