Chaos.
What is that? It is what defines the world we live in. Chaotic. There is so much disorder and confusion -- complete chaos. If you don't believe me, pick up a newspaper and read the latest news -- chaos. Just glance at a magazine cover in the Walmart check-out line -- and words of chaos will jump out at you. Ask the young woman walking towards you down the street what she thinks of life -- confusing -- chaotic. Just stop and look around you -- you will see chaos, everywhere.
Think of the mall at Christmas time. People everywhere. Rushing about. Banging into one-another. Shoving to get first place in the check-out line. Talking. Shouting. Confusion. Chaos. And somehow, that is how I picture life this side of Heaven. It's chaotic. Sometimes it feels like life is on fast-forward. Everyone is always rushing to the next thing. It never seems like you can get ahead of yourself. It's life. And it's the life most of us know. Chaotic.
But admist this hustle and bustle of my chaotic life, I strain to hear the gentle whisper, "Be STILL and know that I am God." Be still? How can I be still when the world around me is so chaotic. Being still is the complete opposite of chaos. Doesn't God know how crazy life is? Doesn't He look down upon the world He created and see the chaos all about? How can He expect me to be STILL and know Him? Really? Of course God knows. He created all things, He sees all things -- the chaos is right before His eyes.
And that is why He calls His children to be STILL and know Him. He knew how caught up in this choas we would get. He knew that we would need to heed His calling -- to be still and know that He is God -- if we are going to know Him at all. And so, as these words have been coming to me over and over the past few days, I am looking at my life, am I truly being still -- in the middle of chaos, and knowing my God?
Everything is on fast-forward. The world around me is a rush. But am I heeding to the gentle whisper of my Father God, "Be STILL and know that I am God."?
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