A Prayer for Peace When You’re Having a Laborious Time Pausing
By Keri Eichberger
“Now then, stand nonetheless and see this good thing the LORD is about to do earlier than your eyes!” – 1 Samuel 12:16
There’s one thing I don’t at all times prefer to admit. However fact be instructed, I’m a get-stuff-done sort of woman. I attempt to take issues into my very own fingers in hopes of transferring towards making issues occur. As a result of after I know what I would like, or suppose I would like, it simply appears pure to me to begin stepping, typically working, within the route that seems will get me there.
Just like the time I had a miscarriage in my mid-twenties and was completely relentless to get pregnant once more. Or my post-college “single” season after I lived desperately to discover a husband. Or a more moderen lingering part, a pair years in the past, that I simply knew God was calling me to put in writing my first e-book, and I hardly even exhaled till I landed a writer. Then continued the breathless racing via pushing the message out into the world. Actually, my anxious or keen power can eat and management any given day when duties on my to-do listing are lingering.
As a Christian that is fairly embarrassing to admit. As a result of all this craziness certain does scream, “I consider I am answerable for my life.” Although my coronary heart and soul know, have identified for a very long time, and what you may additionally be considering proper now… Lady, God is in management. And might you see the sweetness that’s lacking when striving sneaks in and consumes these conditions? It’s peace. The place is the peace in all this, proper?
Nicely what about you? Are you able to keep in mind a time whenever you had your coronary heart set on one thing, and felt an nearly uncontrollable sense to simply make it occur? Perhaps there’s one thing proper now, a end result or an final result, that you’ve got your eyes on, and should you had been trustworthy, you’d say you’ve held the reins fairly tight and regular, and haven’t slowed down with Jesus to get his tackle the very best method. And in case you have stopped and consulted with the Lord, perhaps you’re discovering you neglect to return your eyes to him repeatedly, as anxious waves begin to sweep over you and also you attempt to run proper previous him. Think about this… When your peace begins to deplete, do you pause and search a restoration of God’s refreshment and route?
I’ll admit, I’ve come a good distance. However, I nonetheless have a tough time pausing my hurried fingers and surrendering to God‘s plans. I lengthy for peace greater than most issues, although. And I’m not referring to the peace the world guarantees. That it will probably by no means totally present. I’m speaking about God’s permeating peace. Lingering, lasting peace of the soul. That’s what I lengthy for. And no shock, I suppose, for somebody who struggles to decelerate. I wager you yearn for peace too. Certain you do. I consider God created us this fashion. To deepen our want for him. To deepen our dependence on him. To deepen our relationship with him.
Buddies, I’m studying increasingly more with every passing season of striving and battle, that our good sovereign God is most definitely answerable for each element of the whole lot that surrounds us. All the pieces we would like, and the whole lot we’re working towards. Which means should you really feel that lack of, and eager for, peace, like I typically do, we each ought to decelerate and see him in our state of affairs. Decelerate and affirm our belief in him. Decelerate and belief his almighty plan and goal that may at all times prevail. Decelerate, relaxation, and obtain him.
Pause proper now with me… And obtain his peace.
Let’s pray:
Reliable Lord, You might be sovereign over all issues. You alone maintain the ability of my current, my future, and each single element of what I do and what is going to occur to me. And your plans are at all times oh so good. How grateful I’m that you’ve got me, and the whole lot throughout me, in your excellent fingers. Assist me to nonetheless my coronary heart, and decelerate with you in your fixed care. Assist me launch my striving, my agendas, my wishes, all of it, to you. Trusting that you’re who you say you might be. Reliable. Devoted. Omnipotent. Ever-present. I need to let your character, your truths, and your treasured guarantees penetrate deeply into the recesses of my soul. Lord, you’re the Prince of Peace, and I reward you. Your peace is the proper reward and blessing, particularly when I’ve a tough time pausing. However assist me to just do that. To pause in your peace at this very second, and to maintain returning repeatedly. You might be at all times proper with me. Your peace is at all times out there to me. I thanks. And I really like you. In Your Son Jesus’, bountiful title, amen.
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