What an introduction! I am God! Be still. Know this! Such a beautiful way to introduce the offer. Take this comfort: I am with you. I am for you. That is what you use to answer your fear. Psalm 46:10
The Hebrew word for "be still" means to let it fall; let the concerns hang down. Then, slack off, especially your hands. No exertion needed. Leave the matter with God. Oh! The Providence in all our problems. Oh! The Power in what we contemplate. Oh! That introduction! Take the comfort!
“Because of God's immense generosity and grace, we don't have to dissect and scrutinize every action to see if it will pass muster." But the point is not to just get by. We want to live well, but our foremost efforts should be to help others live well. And our Beautiful God’s Kindness will lead us to repentance. Romans 2:4. Hold fast to Him! "Either cling to Me as I AM orreshape Me into who you want Me to be." Larry Crabb
The stakes are high to find a place for my Lord and not try to make Him fit into my life, my expectations, my rights. And it didn't matter how hard Paul or Peter fell. They preached to themselves the Gospel of Grace as Tripp called it: "Today in your private, life-interpreting conversation, will you preach to self the gospel of God's grace?"
PHOTO: California coast. Still as the stars. Mysterious as royalty.
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