Be Still, And Know That I Am God

I'm a part of Chi Alpha, a really awesome campus ministry, that meets on Tuesday nights at a church here in Denton. During the worship part of the service tonight, those words just came to me, and stayed there.

Be still, and know that I am God.

I really needed to hear that from Him tonight. Life is consistently busy and consistently stressful, and I have a hard time letting things go. I know that I need to give things up to God and let Him take care of me, but being the planner that I am, that's been very difficult for me. As I was trying to worship tonight, the thoughts of everything I need to get done before spring break (which is next week for me) kept creeping into my mind. All of this work I have to get done, these midterms to study for, an apartment to clean, grocery shopping, all of these things refused to let me worship with a clear mind.

Be still, and know that I am God.

When He spoke those words to me, it gave me peace. Didn't necessarily stop the thoughts of all of my responsibilities from tiptoeing into the periphery of my thoughts, but it gave me peace. God reminded me tonight that no matter how high my ambitions or pile of tasks to accomplish, He is there guiding me through it all, and He will take care of me. Everything will work out according to His plan, and in His time. I tend to like to stress about things I really shouldn't, and God knows that. He knows that I need to be calmed and that I need to be told that I'm not alone in accomplishing all of the things I set out to accomplish. And wow, I'm so thankful for that.

If it's been a stressful day, week, month, year, whatever, just remember that you're not alone. God has everything under control and he won't let you drown.

Now, on that note, I'm off to study for my midterms!

Love Always,

Kristin