Today, we have the world at our fingertips and that comes at
a price.
We’re
constantly in motion and bombarded with news stories, such as the shootings
that happened in Chicago, Kenya, and D.C. this past week or all the latest info
on what happening in Hollywood (even if we don’t want to hear it). Not only do
we have access to knowledge about everything that’s going on in our world, we
have phones that keep us connected to people 24/7. Everything from Facebook to
Twitter to Instagram to Tumbler allows us to tell others about our lives and
read about others’ at lightning speed. Now, I not only get assignments during
class at my school, I also get them by email on the weekends and my boss emails
me, too.
In addition
to staying in touch with the world news and the various people in our life (or
at least “friends” on social media sites), we have the ability to listen to
music no matter where we go and not to mention the wide variety of TV shows
right at our fingertips.
My point is
that with so much “stuff” going on in our lives it’s easy to get distracted
from what’s important. It’s easy to run through our days without noticing the
elderly lady who’s lonely or in need of help crossing the road. It’s easy to
forget to spend actual time with the people who are with us in the flesh. It’s
so easy to not even realize that the sky was crystal clear today because we
constantly go and we’re hardly ever
still. We hardly ever rest, and this
constant motion many times keeps us from the life source:
God.
Our God,
our refuge in the storm, in the chaos, in the everyday rushes of life, wants us
to be still and know that He is God (Psalm 46:10, NIV).
He is still
God. The never changing One who is the Great I am. He is the One who never
changes, who sustains life, forgives, loves, and brings justice.
For all
that He has done for us, He deserves to be recognized everyday as we’re still
before Him and acknowledge that there was never and never will be any God
beside Him.
He is the
One who was and is and is to come (Rev. 4:8).
Be still
today and know Him. Know that He is still God even when we fail to be still
before Him. He never fails and never changes. He knows you and longs to be known.
Living Life Together,
Rebecca A. Thomas
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