“Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land.”
Psalms 37:7-9 NLT
As I read this passage it made me think of how important it is to invest in a quiet time with Jesus. How important it is to sit quietly in his presence and wait patiently for him to act. God is such a faithful father and He wants to give us possession of our enemy’s land. But it starts with us. Will we set aside all of our daily distractions and instead turn to Christ and allow him to have His way in our lives? Will we allow Him to answer our prayers, answer our questions, give us strategies for the battle? Will we surrender our comfort of business and just be? Just sit and wait in His presence? My goal is to do this daily. Even throughout my day when I begin to struggle.
The other day I was panicking because I couldn’t find a binder I was given about one of my new students. There were only 2 places it could be. My home or the school I got the binder at. I texted the person who gave me the binders frantic after searching everywhere. I felt like a failure and a horrible teacher. I kept praying “Lord you know where this binder is at, please reveal it to me...” but I never sat down and laid it at His feat until several hours later. Immediately after stepping aside and really laying it down at Jesus’s feet and waiting in His presence is when I got a text from that person. She said that she saw a binder in her office. She believes that is the binder I am missing. I was so relieved but I also realized the correlation between my willingness to really surrender the situation and sit in the presence of God and the timing of the text.
The text came after I was willing to sit still in His presence and trust that He would take care of the situation. After I surrendered the situation I had peace about it and knew it was going to be okay. It was only then that the Lord answered my prayer. I just had to take the first step and be still before the Lord.
So Lord today I pray that your peace would cover us! That you would be sovereign over everything that we may encounter. I pray that you would help us to seek you first when troubles of any kind come our way. I pray that you would help us surrender anger, frustration, anxiety, and hatred today. That your love for us would surpass every other emotion that we come into contact with! Lord today I surrender it all, no matter what comes my way. No matter what I go through or feel whether it be good or bad I will Face Everything And Rejoice and leave False Expectations About Reality behind. Today and everyday God gets the Glory no matter what! In your Holy and Precious name, Amen!
Blessings Abundantly,
Taylor
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