“You go back to the quiet place.”
When life’s troubles crowd around and you feel lost, disconnected, paralyzed with fear, there is only one place to go. You go back to the quiet place, you spend time with your bible and listening to God.
Sure you could pray, but it would continue to be the same list you’ve been talking about for weeks. Or you may be frozen in panic and unable to verbalize how you feel.
“Surround yourself with the promises of God’s leading”
It is time to surround yourselves with the promises of God’s leading, his refuge and his care of us; Time to really listen; Time to pause. Not so you can feel more in control but to let God take control.
Think of all the other times God has taken you through a valley or a mountainous region or dark times, and remember those times which gives you faith to help you trust God this time.
Numbers 22:32 I have come here to block your way because you’re getting way ahead of yourself.
Sometimes I feel like God blocks my way so that I will have to stop and listen. Like Balaam I must wait on God for the words I need to say.
Listening to God
2 Corinthians 4:8 We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized; we’re not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we’ve been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn’t left our side; we’ve been thrown down, but we haven’t broken.
Proverbs 19:21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails.
Isaiah 43:2 When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end – Because I am God, your personal God, The Holy of Israel, and your Savior.
God, I’m listening.
