Baby Steps: He Gives Me Rest
Everything around me feels unsteady and raw.
Lately, I have experienced quite a few disappointments. I am not sure if I am noticing them more, or simply feeling the hurt more but I am completely aware of being let down. In all of the disappointments – He has shown me HIS FAITHFULNESS. People will disappoint, life will disappoint, but He is faithful.
He remains when all else fails.
The place I went to yesterday in my counseling session was filled with despair, and yet He was my ROCK and I held on for dear life. It was as if He said to me, “These things that you think are important to you and big to you – keep them in perspective. They can’t give you what I am able to give you…I am the only gas that will fill your tank.”
So I pulled into His station, and I was filled: Psalm 119:33-40
Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
that I may follow it to the end.
Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.
Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight.
Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word.
Fulfill your promise to your servant,
so that you may be feared.
Take away the disgrace I dread,
for your laws are good.
How I long for your precepts!
In your righteousness preserve my life.
And today when I slowed down to fill up, I heard, “Rest in Me. Balance. I will tell you where to go and when to step. You are so bent on old patterns it may be hard to even see at first. Be aware of it and look for it. Before you take one step, pause… is it me taking you there or are you ahead of me? You have given it all to me now. All of it. You are infused with my light. Walk to my beat. Slow down and walk in step with me.”
One step at a time.
This is post #18 in the Baby Steps series. To start at the beginning, click here.
