Stand Still

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How’s that inner reflecting coming along?  I was thinking about that this week (while inner reflecting) (!), and these thoughts came to my mind: 


 


Stand Still

You tell me to be still

To wait and listen

Yet I wait and nothing happens

The quiet leaves me defeated.



So I start over

I wait and listen

My mind wanders . . .

Was that You?

I don’t know, it sounds like me.



I pray and ask for guidance

Looking for a sign

Nothing happens

In the silence, I hear “nothing”.



I empty my mind,

I dwell on You.  I remember Your works

How wondrous they are!

This time, my heart is pounding

You are near, I just know it



My walk seems stagnant

My talk is excessive

I forget about all that

And dwell on my Savior



His love is never-ending

His power unyielding

His voice a whisper

His will my desire.



Stand still, He says

Do everything, then stand

Stand?  For what?  On what?

On the rock, THE ROCK.



I can’t.  I’m not able

“That”, He says, “is EXACTLY where I want you.”

Unable, but willing,

Teachable,

Not stagnant, but alive

MINE.





Ephesians 6:13 :  Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.


May our hearts stand still . . . and hear His. 



BTW stagnant means:  not moving or flowing; motionless; foul from standing still; stale. (interesting, huh?)

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