Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. Psalm 46:10 (NLT)
Dear heavenly Father, I’m staring at a big stack of unopened mail, a ton of yet-to-be-answered pone calls and emails, and a gotta-get-done list much longer than my idol of control will generally tolerate. By your Spirit, settle, center, and free me to trust you. I want to enter this day, and live it, at the pace of grace.
So I begin by acknowledging, yet again, that you are God, and I am not. I don’t want my main goal, these next few days, just to be getting a bunch of stuff done. I want my faith in Jesus to express itself in love, to everybody involved. I’ve asked it before, and I’ll ask again, Father, keep my to-love list more important to me than my to-do list. You, who will be honored by every nation and throughout the world, be honored in my heart, home, and responsibilities.
If I throw my heart into “cruise-control,” I know I’m quite capable of becoming short and rigid, impatient and pushy, controlling and obsessive. So I’m not going to put my heart into “cruise-control.” With palms up, I surrender to your peace and presence right now. Father, by the power of the gospel, I’m getting still before you, and I want to stay still, even as I take care of many responsibilities.
What gets done today gets done, and what doesn’t isn’t of eternal significance. I cannot hour an hour to my life by worrying, but I can surely rob a lot of people with my frenzied spirit. There’s no panic in heaven—so hurrying or scurrying. Bring heaven to my heart today. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ reigning and loving name.
