Unquietness

By Cyndi

This has been a real hectic week. It seems like I never have enough time in the day to finish all the things that need to be done. Ever been there? I just keep moving what didn’t get done one day to the next, then that day gets overloaded where things don’t get done, and so on and so on. But for some reason this week I was being overly frustrated with all my unfinished jobs; it just felt like I was living with an angry edge all the time. Traffic was always going too slow, the bank tellers were taking too long, the printer freaked out on me and I couldn’t seem to figure out how to do a stupid report on QuickBooks!

So during my quiet time one morning (that I’m trying to rush through so I can get to all the other stuff that needs to be done!), I was led to 1 Cor. 14:33-”For God is not the author of unquietness, but of peace”. Boy, is that what I’ve been living in-unquietness! Both my body and soul have been tumultuous, not sleeping well, irritable and constantly trying to play “catch-up” every day. But God is the author of peace and quietness this verse says. Well, obviously there was a different author of the “book” I was reading this week!

In meditating on this verse a little I recalled another verse. In Isaiah 30:15 it says, “In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength“.  There’s that quietness word again. And I could sure use some strength too. So what was the Lord trying to show me? When I’m in the press, those super stressful times when all of life is rubbing me the wrong way, I need to return to Him and rest. To sit down in Father God’s lap and just lean on Him for a bit and recharge. I won’t be able to handle all the things thrown at me every day if I cannot quiet my soul. Without inner peace, I have no outer strength.