"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 (NIV).
A long time ago life was unhurried. This was long before the arrival of locomotive transport which accelerated movement of peoples across lands. What would have taken a day's journey was now covered in hours. The arrival of air transport halved the time it would take to move across the seas.
Yes, we all live in hurried times ever fueled by new technologies. The mail post which would take days was long ago over taken by instant communication via electronic media. This is the age of "Breaking News" where before victims of a certain fatality are even aware, the matter has already been splashed all over TV and is a point of furious discussion on social media.
In this present age many of us are always on the go trying to catch up. We rise up with alarm clocks and inject ourselves with instant caffeine. On the roads moved by our beautiful fossil powered engines we cant stand anything in the lane that holds our fast progress to the first of many appointments in the day. Time is always scarce.
In the midst of this hurried life of nowadays, it's quite clear that every one of us now and then needs to take a pause, otherwise you loose your bearings. Many people are stretched like a rubber band being pulled only to snap one day!
This is why God is telling us today to pause and hear His voice, which says, " Be still and know that I am God!" Of course one my fail to hear that voice as one rushes here and there in the rat chase one is locked in. But how about if you just stop, pause and step aside to hear that still voice of God. Then we can know where God wants us headed, and save ourselves from a life of reckless speed without any clear and purposeful direction.
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today may I find to step aside from the furious speed driving life, so as to listen to your still voice, and where you would have me be, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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29/04/2024 - 30/04/2024 All day“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (John 14:27)
One of the most moving Christian song ever written is, “Its well with my soul!” To hear it sung in cathedrals, concerts or at funerals, always leaves many with goose bumps. It has uplifted many through the most difficult of moments, soothing their weary spirit.
It’s coming into being in many ways show how God so often uses difficult situations to bless so many. In 1871 Horatio Spafford, was one of the wealthiest lawyers, based in Chicago. He was also a devout Christian, along with his wife Ann, and their four daughters. But early in 1871 came the Great Fire of Chicago that destroyed Spafford’s sizable investment.
Devastated from the loss, Spafford, seeking to recover, two years later, decided to go for a holiday in Europe. But at the last minute he was detained by business, letting Ann and his four daughters to proceed, hoping to join them. No sooner had they left when the ship in which they were had an accident and sank within minutes. All the four children drowned, though Anna survived.
Spafford on receiving the news decided to go and pick up Ann. As he got to the spot where the ship had sunk, in his despair came the words that have brought respite to so many, through generations. “When peace like a river attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well with my soul... Let this blest assurance control That Christ (yes, He has) has regarded my helpless estate, And has shed His own blood for my soul. It is well...With my soul..
It is well, it is well with my soul.”It is said as Ann saw her daughters going down, she said, “God gave me four daughters. Now they have been taken from me. Someday I will understand.” And, indeed, “It is well with my soul” was God’s gift to all of mankind through a tragedy.
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of heaven, sometimes through tragedies, it is difficult to understand or appreciate the moment; but as the song goes, whatever the difficulty may be, “Its well with my soul” for you are with me, no matter! This I pray in Jesus’ name!
