Sometimes we just need to Be Still. When the waves are surrounding us, and the
storm is upon us. We just need to Be
Still and hear His voice. Stop trying to
Fix it ourselves. Just Be Still.
I was lying in bed one evening praying and petitioning God
to fix something. In my mind it was a
huge dilemma and needed immediate attention, so I was asking God to intervene, immediately.
Let me be honest here. I was giving God my thoughts on how I
could fix it. I had a running list in my
head and I kept adding new things to that list.
“What about this God?” and “What if I did That instead?” “What do You think?”
Then I heard – Be Still.
So, I did.
Then a picture of the Sistine Chapel came to my mind.
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And then Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam.
Wow Lord those are awesome and beyond my comprehension. I can’t imagine painting something so
beautiful. I don’t have that kind of
talent. Michelangelo is one of the great
artists in our history.
That’s when God spoke quietly to me. Those ‘great’ masterpieces? They are like your child’s artwork from
school to Me.
He then reminded me how He breathed life into Adam.
How He breathed life into dry bones.
How He created EVERYTHING I see around me - from nothing.
The Sistine Chapel paled in comparison.
What took Michelangelo four years to create is beautiful,
but nothing compared to what God created in 6 days. God’s creation is a Masterpiece.
Why do I constantly compare what I see to what God can
do? He can do so much more than
my finite mind can imagine. If He can
wipe out the earth with a storm and recreate it after a rainbow, why am I
surprised when He does a miracle in my life?
Am I too small for God to notice?
Are you?
No, you are not.
I bring my ‘artwork’ to God and say, ‘See what I made?’ I am sure He smiles like we do at our
children. Then He takes it and makes it into a masterpiece. We just need to let it go and let Him do
the work.
We need to Be Still.
After spending that moment with my Father I fell into a deep
sleep and let it go. I haven’t slept
that good in a long time. I let it
go. For that night. I am human and I will pick it back up
again. I will have to let it go again
after His quiet reminder. It is my daily
lesson. It is why I have those two words
tattooed on my wrist to remind me every day.
I need to Be Still.
He is Bigger.
His timing is Better.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be
exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalms 46:10 NIV
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 14:14 NIV
Then God said,
“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they
may rule over
the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all
the wild
animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God
created mankind
in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and
female he
created them.
I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you
and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life.
Then you will know that I am the Lord .’ ”
Ezekiel 37:6 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths
straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
For more about Michelangelo's Creation of Adam & the Sistine Chapel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling
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