Voice Of Peace In The Waiting of Advent
Heaven gave my friend and the leader of the worship team I minister with a beautiful, candlelit way to offer our worship this past Sunday. A few of us testified to the Voice of Peace in our personal journeys. On this day after Christmas and reflecting on how I am being led and where I am at in life...I am grateful for this Voice of Peace who knows me so intimately. Here was my part:
"I am the Voice of Peace in the Waiting
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10-11)
To be still is to stop striving, to stop trying to figure things out and to let go of
control. I often need this Voice of Peace to remind me to Be still and live
knowing HE is God and I am not. He says “Be still” when I suffer and long for
the physical and emotional burden of living with Cerebral Palsy to be gone out
my life. He says “Be still” when I pray for family and people He puts in front of
me to be saved, healed and restored. He says “Be still” on the days when being
a single woman carries with it an ache for companionship, family and a sense of
home. He says “Be still” when He asks you to take steps of obedience that
mean goodbyes, that cost you and may not always be comfortable or clearly laid
out according to your timeline. He says “Be Still” in the middle of a sinful world
with so much injustice, hate and rejection of Him. On the days that are long in
this life and I find myself groaning, “Come, Lord Jesus!” He is the Peaceful
Voice who is God that whispers so gently “Be still” and my heart is shushed
again by remembering that in all the waiting, darkness and suffering He is here
too! And yet there is a day when He as the Prince of Peace will make everything
right, will wipe every tear from our eyes and will bring justice! I will look on His
face…and on that day my body, family, and nations will “Be still” and will exalt
Him forever…and that is the ‘now and not yet’ promise of our PEACE."
He sees you in the waiting and is no stranger to your weakness, friend!
"I am the Voice of Peace in the Waiting
The words of the carol say, “He knows our need. To our weakness is no stranger.” My
response to that …
response to that …
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10-11)
To be still is to stop striving, to stop trying to figure things out and to let go of
control. I often need this Voice of Peace to remind me to Be still and live
knowing HE is God and I am not. He says “Be still” when I suffer and long for
the physical and emotional burden of living with Cerebral Palsy to be gone out
my life. He says “Be still” when I pray for family and people He puts in front of
me to be saved, healed and restored. He says “Be still” on the days when being
a single woman carries with it an ache for companionship, family and a sense of
home. He says “Be still” when He asks you to take steps of obedience that
mean goodbyes, that cost you and may not always be comfortable or clearly laid
out according to your timeline. He says “Be Still” in the middle of a sinful world
with so much injustice, hate and rejection of Him. On the days that are long in
this life and I find myself groaning, “Come, Lord Jesus!” He is the Peaceful
Voice who is God that whispers so gently “Be still” and my heart is shushed
again by remembering that in all the waiting, darkness and suffering He is here
too! And yet there is a day when He as the Prince of Peace will make everything
right, will wipe every tear from our eyes and will bring justice! I will look on His
face…and on that day my body, family, and nations will “Be still” and will exalt
Him forever…and that is the ‘now and not yet’ promise of our PEACE."
He sees you in the waiting and is no stranger to your weakness, friend!
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