Keep It Simple

{PEACE}

A few weeks ago I was given this word and it has been unhinging my world ever since.

I thought I understood peace, I truly did. It is one of the simplest words there is and this was not the first time this word has been spoken over me. I would have liked to think I was a guru at it by this point in my life, but to my dismay I have only mastered being a student.

The funny thing is despite how I whole heartedly thought I had a very comprehensive, understandable reliant grip on this word, in a way I bought into a forgery of it.

There was a whisper to my heart that dared me to look at peace in the depths of my soul.

There I found unrest, weariness, striving and other attributes on the polar opposite side of peace.

I was disillusioned, my heart had settled for a peace forgery and the authentic peace I am intended to have was stolen.

The counterfeit peace entailed me doing a checklist of items that were supposed to deliver me from fear. I pray over every component of my life and surrender it all over to God. Then the next morning I do it again, because I wanted to make sure I didn’t forget an area. If there was a flutter of fear at any point- my mind would convict me I was doing it wrong and I rationalize with myself I should be doing more.

Then one morning, I just stopped. I did not want to be the rabbit running in circles, I wanted to be the beagle knowing where the rabbit was going. It just seemed insane at the moment to try and chase peace, I needed it to come to me.

That particular morning it was brisk out, but the sun rays poured over me like a warm summer rain. I drank in the warmth and I heard the words: Be Still.

What? Be still- how do I have peace if I am not actively seeking it?

Be Still

Like still as in do nothing?

Be Still

Friend, can I tell you in that next moment I realized Psalms 46:10 “Be Still, and know that I am God” is not a suggestion, it is a directive we are to obey.

Our act of obedience ushers us into a deeper peace than we can ever find on our own accord. Our Artist knows that, which is why He gives us this instruction. But in a world when we like to over complicate things, like having peace would take more than being still, we are sold a peace counterfeit. We try to do things that will bring us peace, like install a security system on our homes or build a savings account, but those actions will not provide the peace to the depths of our souls we so desperately want.

The masterpiece of peace will settle over us when we are crushed and do not know what to do next. God knows, so we can experience peace by being still. He is God.

He will provide; the next step to take, the next breathe to breath, the way to what we need.

He provides.

Keep it simple.

Be Still.

 

 

Psalms 46:10 NKJV “Be Still, and know I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”