“Be still and know that I am God”
Sometimes you just have to let it be, and then remind yourself why you are here. What was your intent? Where are you? Are you living that intent?
For me, I wanted to step into God’s purpose for my life in the same way that I always have. See, everything has always perfectly aligned for me to be right here right now. It is God’s purpose that I am here; that is the reason that I am here. And, if it is of God’s divine order then I am to know that HE has higher purpose beyond simply my physical presence, but HE desires me to be present in every sense. To be present enough in mind to be able to reach out and pick up the puppy off the floor in the cinder block home I gathered in last night with true joy. To enjoy the orange juice that runs down my fingers as I bite into the orange that has been offered to me in that home. And then to pray in a spiritually present way that is not of myself, but of the Holy Spirit within me, so that the woman before me that has lived the past two years of her life in constant pain is set free and healed completely from that bondage of pain.
This is the will of God, and everyday HE has a great purpose for my life that is to be fulfilled. A purpose that can only be fulfilled by my knowing HIM completely. That’s what God does. HE comes into our lives, turns it upside down and changes everyone in its path.
HE is the God of all the earth. The creator of every man. The ruler of every nation. And if you’re lucky enough, HE will change your life in a way that you have no choice but to realize this.
After writing the above entry in my journal, I opened one of my choice daily intentionality books by Mark Nepo to see the following excerpt:
“Be still in order to feel the benefit of where you are… In countless ways, we work so hard to get there only to bypass feeling the deep rewards of inhabiting the space we arrive in… By treating each moment as a consummation in itself, we can practice feeling eternity”.
This photo was taken at one of the home visits that took place prior to the one I referred to. At this particular visit, I was met with the beauty of a life that had just begun, and reminded of how a baby does not think of the future but is simply present in the moment, and every need is met.
