BE STILL … AND KNOW By Wade Martin Hughes, sr. Kyfingers@aol.com BE STILL? We seem to live in a world of absolute CHAOS… The political systems seem corrupt. The medical systems are broken like Humpty Dumpty and can’t be put back together again. Society has bypassed male/female/ marriage one man--- one woman. The education systems are doing away with our standards. Churches are lowering their expectations. Have you heard the word PANDEMIC? CHAOS IS THE NORM… THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TRYING TO TEACH US TO TRUST GOD… TRUST THE DIVINE PLAN… PRAISE GOD… THERE IS A CLEAR MESSAGE… BE STILL… CALMNESS OF OUR INNER PERSON… READ THE BIBLE … HAVE FAITH IN GOD…
Be still. To our eyes life seems to be falling apart. We must know our eyes and our emotions distort God’s truth. We can’t give up my friends. God’s plan is DAILY RENEWAL BY PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL VENTILATION. God is in control. God has already made a way for us. God’s mercy and grace is being extended to us. The world may seem to be falling apart. HEAVEN IS COMING TOGETHER. 2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
BE REMINDED: WISDOM MIGHT BE FOUND IN SOME STRANGE PLACES… WISDOM SAYS: STAY CALM… DO YOUR JOB. DO WHAT IS RIGHT. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS… AND TRUST THE UNSEEN HANDS… 1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
There are hidden lessons in the Bible… We are often too busy to learn… HEAR ME? HEAR ME? Seems we have more smart phones than we have smart people. You can never correct a problem using the same pattern of thinking that caused the problem.
ROAD RAGE: I was watching Judge Judy. There was a man in her court that caused a big scene. Some man pulled into his lane. He followed the car for miles. The car pulled into a gas station. The man jumped out of his car. He did thousands of dollars damage to the other man’s car. Then he whipped the man. He asked Judge Judy what else could I have done? Judy sad: You could have stayed in your car and drove home! That man never did anything to hurt you. Just go home.
OUR GOD will fight the battle for you. What is your job? Just stay calm and keep your mouth shut! Silence can be golden. Be calm. Look to Jesus. Stay out of politics and stick to the GOSPEL… BE CALM, STEP BACK… GOD KNOWS OUR NEEDS… GOD KNOWS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE. The question is will I ACCEPT and TRUST HIM? Exodus 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
HOW EASY IS IT TO WALK BY SIGHT… NOT BY FAITH? Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
I HEARD A STORY OF AN OLD FARMER THAT WAS NEAR 90. HE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY. BE STILL! He had a gold pocket watch that was very old. The old farmer’s watch was dear to him. His grandfather gave him the gold watch. The farmer had lost his watch in the barn. He looked for several days. Finally in desperation the farmer asked his neighbors to help him. He was crying and all his friends gathered to help him. They looked many hours and the gold watch eluded them. They all went home. That evening a young man knocked on his door and said: SIR, CAN I LOOK FOR YOUR GOLD WATCH? The old man said it is hopeless but if you would like go ahead. The young man spent several hours in the barn. He came running out of the barn and knocked on the farmer’s door. I HAVE FOUND THE GOLD WATCH, I HAVE FOUND IT… The farmer enquired HOW? HOW DID YOU FIND IT? The boy said it was easy. I laid down in the barn and I got real still until everything settled down. It was so quiet in the barn… I HEARD THE OLD WATCH TICKING AND I WALKED OVER AND PICKED IT UP. The boy told the old man, sometimes in life you just have to listen… get still and listen…
LET US TAKE TWO WORDS AND SWITCH THEM AROUND AND SEE WHAT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME THERE CAN BE… CAN GOD? Do we see that the storm’s winds can sink our ship? We often pray: “GOD PLEASE CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND.” This wind is blowing us into dangerous waters. Maybe God will calm your storm?
GOD CAN! Life is not about how much water our boat is in… life is about how much water is in our boat. Perhaps God wants to teach us not to change the winds direction but rather how to change the sails. MAYBE GOD’S WILL IS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO BE CALM IN THE STORM? Dark may be the night? God says: TRUST ME A NEW DAY DAWNS… The son will rise again.
BE STILL… HOPELESSNESS. WHO IS THE POOREST PERSON IN THE WORLD? WHAT HAVE I DONE? MY HOPE IS GONE… A YOUNG CRIMINAL WAS DYING. The judge threw the book at him… Your sins and crimes will lead to your execution. Blood is running down his arms and legs… the crowd is cheering… he is GUILTY! Young man there is no hope for you. In a few minutes you will draw your last breath and justice will be served… NO HOPE! NO HOPE!
Wait a minute… the criminal looks over, next to him there was an innocent man dying. The sinner looks over and recognizes this is the SON OF GOD… JESUS LOOKS AT HIM WITH EYES OF COMPASSION. HE WAS A GUILTY SINNER… The young man now realizes I HAVE REALLY MESSED UP MY LIFE… GUITLY I AM. The young man yells over to the other cross… HEY, JESUS WILL YOU PLEASE REMEMBER ME? SIR, I HAVE NO HOPE, NONE… JESUS YELLS OVER TO THE MAN AND SAYS: SURE, I WILL REMEMBER YOU TODAY! BE STILL! See the cross brings NEW HOPE, NEW PEACE, NEW JOY AND GREAT HOPE. ALL MY HOPE’S FOUNDATION IS IN THE CROSS. .. A LIVING, LIVELY HOPE… MY HOPE IS IN THE CROSS… JUST BE STILL… Who is poor? Who is so heavy that life has crushed them? Who has been so crushed that they have lost all hope? The crushing has stolen real joy? The worry and fear has destroyed all the peace in the home. Lord, I am so tired and weary.
One day will be my last day… I will get out of bed my last time. I will make my last visit to the War Room, (Prayer Room), to say my last prayer. I will read my last chapter in my Bible and close the book one last time. I will pen my last note hoping someone will pick up my Bible and advance the torch. One day I will make my last hospital visit and sing my last time in the rest home. One day I will step down from the pulpit and never preach another sermon. I will lay down my guitar and the silence will become deafening. I WILL HAVE TO STOP… stop fear, be still. Stop fighting, be still. Stop worry and fear, be still. Let go, RELEASE. BE STILL COULD MEAN LET GO. I SURRENDER ALL… DO WE TRUST GOD ENOUGH TO LET GO AND CLING TO GOD. TOTAL SURRENDER…
GOD I AM TELLING YOU REMOVE THESE THORNS… NOW! WE BEG GOD TO REMOVE THESE THORNS… GOD SAYS BE STILL –YOU MAY BE WEAK BUT I AM STRONG… JUST TRUST ME AND BE STILL. BE STILL, QUIT FOCUSING ON YOUR HANDICAP ACCEPT IT AS GOD’S PLAN. 2 Corinthians 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. STAND STILL? THEN WHAT HAVE I DONE? Have I focused my abilities on keeping the main thing the main thing? Has my value system of priorities aligned with the teaching of Jesus? Have I fought a good fight? Have I stay at my post of duty? Have I neglected eternal priorities? Jesus we come running and fall at your feet. Jesus without your refreshing Holy Spirit we are doomed to loneliness, fear, worry, unfaithfulness… we will be crushed by the meanness of daily life. Jesus we run and lay at your feet. God help us NEVER GIVE UP! …. NEVER GIVE IN… FOR AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS WE KNOW THERE COMES JOY IN THE MORNING. If we will stand still and wait, God will renew us. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I would love to hear from you.
