As a guard at the local RCMP detachment I see many types of people in
cells. Some are quiet and reserved and sleep their time away. Others are
loud, rude and obnoxious. While still others display anxiety, knocking
on the cell door continually, asking why they are there and when they
will get out. Hour after hour, every ten to twenty minutes they will
repeat this scenario even though they receive the same answer each time.
Sometimes I have found that I can be like this with God, especially
if I find myself in a fearful or unpleasant situation. How long God? How
much more time? When are you going to come and open up a way? Why am I
here? What do you want from me? And so it goes, hour after hour, even
day after day. Perhaps you too relate to this cycle of anxiety. Perhaps
you are even caught up in this relentless frame of mind right now.
If so choose to be still and know that He is God. "He will be
exalted among the nations, He will be exalted in the earth. God is our
refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will
not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the
heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains
quake with their surging." Psalm 46:1-3
God is in control. God
knows your situation. God will deliver you at just the right moment. God
will grant you all you need not only to be at peace but to have victory
amidst the confines you are struggling against if only you will choose
to be still and know that He is God.
In today's world many people
know about God. But not so many know God. The difference is a matter of
faith. With every situation of struggle, which comes our way, we are
also granted opportunity: Opportunity to read scripture and know about
God. Or opportunity to read scripture, choose to place our faith in its
truth and know God.
Which will we choose today?
Prayer:
Father God we believe, help us in our unbelief that we might know you
more and more each day. Teach us we pray to continually cultivate the
practice of learning to be still and know that you are God. In Christ
name we pray. Amen.
Lynne Phipps
Atlin, B.C.
