Sunday, January 25, 2009

Really be still?

Sometimes I have been so overwhelmed by everything I have to accompish that I feel that I could crack, have you ever felt that way?I understand what it's like to be stressed. It's difficult to find balance in our lives with the mulititude of responsibilities of being a mom.
Fear is a major cause of stress, yet there are many places in the Bible where God tells us to "fear not," we are afraid we will not get done all that we need to when what we need to be able to do is step outside the realm of being panic-stricken by our circumstances. Then we are supposed to "stand still." Have you ever tried to make sense to a person who is running around all stressed out? In contrast, if you will stand still and get into an atmosphere of faith, you will "see the salvation of the Lord"
When I looked up this Scripture in another text, I found it meant , "One who comes from outside to bring help." When you are in the middle of a stressful situation, the problems are often all you can see. So of course, if you are in the middle of the fire. the situation looks really bad to you. But if you were outside the fire of stress, you would be able to handle it more rationally. God deals with your circumstances from outside the stress, so step outside with him. He has the solution we need in times of stress of a life or death situation or just the stress of getting things done for the day.

"Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord." Exodus 14: 13

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