"He lets me rest in green meadows; He leads me beside peaceful streams."
Psalm 23:2 NLT
Often there is so much going on in our lives that it is difficult to know what to do first. Do you know this feeling? Things crowd us, pressurising us to deliver - NOW! This is when errors are made and when tempers flare because there is a priority on everything on our list. When it happens like this, there is an urgent need to take control and learn to identify the order of priority. Instead of trying to do all of the things at once - which is impossible - break the things down into small manageable pieces, deciding just what is the most important. Once you have your priority list, it is easier to carry them out.
Trying to do everything all at once, leads to running around like a headless chicken and the stress and heart monitor rise high. This is not how God wants you to live your life. Look at David's words above and allow yourself to capture what it means:
Picture a warm summer's day in the middle of the countryside with a path winding itself through the flowing grasses. Water can be heard rippling peacefully close by and you stop to take in this beautiful scenery. You find the small stream and sit for a while. The only sound is the rippling water and the birds twittering away in the taller reeds. You live this moment, for a while slowly breathing in the summer air. You notice that Jesus is sitting by you next to the stream. He doesn't say anything, just smiles. Suddenly he holds out His hands and you realise that He is wanting you to give Him all of your burdens and worries. As you do this, He gives you a final smile and suddenly He has gone. You are left with a peace that you have not felt for a very long time. It is the peace that surpasses all understanding, the peace that guards your heart and your mind in Jesus Christ (Philippians 4:7).
This is the way Jesus wants us to live. The hustle and bustle of life is not for us; we have the tranquility and peace that can only come from God. The presence of the Holy Spirit gently caressing our life as we walk with Him. Remember, Jesus used to climb mountains to get away from things quite often. He needed to be alone with His Father. I wonder if it was like something I have described; I feel it must have been something similar.
Don't be like the plate-spinner, you know; that chap who balanced plates on rods and ran along the line of perhaps 12 rods spinnings the plates. That was a picture of stress. Avoid that at all cost and spend some quiet time with Jesus.
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