'He had lost all of his children and everything he owned. Once a wealthy man, now poor in health. Where was God in the midst of all of this?'
Last Sunday at church, we were singing a song....Hillsong 'Here Now'. As I took time to focus on the lyrics certain words stood out to me:
Here now
All I know is I know that You are
Here now
Still my heart
Let Your voice be all I hear now
Spirit breathe
Like the wind come have Your way
Cause I know You're in this place
Still my heart... I think those words resonated within me, because as I shared a few weeks ago, I tend to worry a lot. My heart is constantly beating the world record (sorry Bolt) trying to catch up with my anxieties. But meditating on those words I started to understand the importance of a still heart.
Many things in life can try and grab our attention and try to win the affection of our hearts. When our hearts are still, we can focus on His voice. And sometimes our hearts are running so fast, trying to catch up with the rhythm of the lives we have created, we lose sense of God's voice and wander where He is.
The sentence at the beginning is a summary of a segment of Job's life. A man who had it all, was now a man who only owned suffering. During this time, his friends tried to encourage him, but many of their words of wisdom just left Job in the midst of his pit. Until we meet his friend Elihu. In Job 37:14 Elihu says, 'Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God'.
In the midst of our fears, frustrations and despair, sometimes all we can do is stand still. But in the stillness we need to focus on the One who created us...the One who loves us...the One who calls us. Our focus needs to be on the One who calms the storm.
When we focus on the greatness of our God, it will change how we perceive everything else. For me, reading the chapters where Job is describing the wondrous works of God, it makes everything else seem small in comparison. It reminds me that He is still amongst us. Then a new excitement for life comes knowing that the God who performed all of these wondrous works can also do the same in my life and in the lives of those around me!
