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Whenever I sit down to think about what the Lord has been teaching me this week, there is one theme that keeps popping up in my heart: stillness. Specifically, finding stillness in Jesus.
The truth is that in my humanity, my heart is often prone to restlessness. It’s prone to wander. I ofter want to go go go because I somewhere have an ingrained belief that if I do more, I can control my circumstances with my efforts.
I would love to be able to say that as soon as fear, anxiety, emotional triggers, and stress rear their heads in my heart that my absolute default is to go to the Lord and release it into His capable hands.
But so often, I find myself doing anything and everything I can to get through it on my own and trying to be strong enough. Striving towards something I cannot do alone.
Does that sound familiar to you?
If we are being honest, we all have heavy pain points in our hearts that we are trying so hard to unravel and overcome on our own. Some pain points are more tender than others. And we try to deal with it in our own strength and in our own way.
Related:
- You Cannot Heal Your Broken Heart
- 7 Verses For Your Anxious Heart
- 5 Truths For When Your Circumstances Seem Impossible
Have you like me found yourself exhausted trying to carry the full weight of something you were never meant to carry alone?
If that’s you today, I want to invite you to join me at the foot of the cross to lay it all down.
To answer the call to find stillness in Jesus. To be still in the strength of the Lord. The truth is, we can be still and be at peace because while we will never be strong enough to endure the deep valleys on our own, we are not alone. And we have all the strength and power we need made available to us in Jesus. He’s got it.
Our King Jesus who beacons us to come and lay our burdens down before Him and be still. He is more than able. God wants you to invite Him into your struggle and let him minister to and heal your heart. He will fight for you, you need only to be still.
For Deeper Study
- “Fear not, for I am with you. do not be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10, ESV) - “The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.” (Psalm 28:7, ESV)
- “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” (Exodus 14:14, ESV)
Reflect
- Are you currently striving instead of surrendering?
- How does knowing that you can trust the strength and wisdom of the Lord to get you through this season shift your mindset?
- What emotions or circumstances do you need God to move and work in?
- Do you struggle with this idea of strength and surrendering over your circumstance to the Lord? Why or why not?
Pray
Abba Father,
I come before you and I recognize that I have some things that I need to lay down before your throne because I have been trying to do it all on my own and in my own strength. My heart has been restless and my spirit is tired. But you, Jesus. You are strong when I am weak. You have overcome the world. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in my life right now. So God, I lift this up to you. I surrender my need to be in control or to have all the answers. I trust that you see my heart, you know my need, and that you will not fail to uphold your promises. Enable me to accept your invitation to stillness in Jesus today. I trust you and I love you, o Lord my Strength.
In your precious name,
Amen.
