Stop. Everything you need to do can wait. God comes first. Stop worrying about getting your to do list done. Sitting alone in quiet with God will bring you strength to get your things done and to make it through the day. It shows you trust Him. By spending that quiet time with Him, you are praising Him and declaring His Presence known. "Wait before you work." Trusting so boldly weakens all other powers against you. Stay close to Him and evil will not get you. He will show you the way. The world is so busy and complicated that you are bound to get lost alone. Use your energy for the good things, don't waste it on the bad. You can get consumed by everything around you so easily, but God can renew your energy and light your path. "As you look to Me for guidance, I enable you to do less but accomplish more." (Sarah Young, Jesus Calling 252)
Luke 12:22-28 (MSG)
He continued this subject with his disciples. "Don't fuss about what's on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.
"Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
Proverbs 16:3 (MSG)
PutGodin charge of your work,
then what you've planned will take place.
