21 Days Novena for Inner Peace and Stillness| Day 16: Pray that you may see that hand and the heart of God at work

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Inner Peace and Calmness Day 16

Pray that you may see that hand and the heart of God at work

  Sovereign Father, whenever I hear the command to “Be still”, my first image is an array of elementary school teachers who were always telling me to “Sit still.” They had to because I was a squirmy, restless little person. But you’re telling us to be still, not sit, and there’s a world and gospel of difference.

    You don’t get impatient with us or frustrated by us. Father, you never stare at us with crossed arms and a furrowed brow. If we hear your foot patting, it’s only because you are running towards us in compassion and strength. We don’t disrupt your classroom, but we often do have disrupted hearts, and you notice and you care. We’re certain you care because of everything you have done for us in Jesus. The gospel is an impregnable fortress, our haven of rest, a strong tower of grace. Thus we humbly and gladly proclaim, “The Lord Almighty is with us.”

     It’s in the stillness of heart that we remember that you are God, and nothing else is. That’s the best news of this or any day. You have no competition. Counterfeits clamor, but you have no real competition. There are demigods, semi-gods, and wanna-be-gods everywhere, but only you are God.

      Kings and nations are not God, for one Day, you will be exalted among all the nations. The nations are like droplets in the bucket of your providence. Storms and environmental disasters are not God, for you will be exalted in the earth. You send the earthquake and harness the hurricane for your purposes.

     Neither are our circumstances God, nor the opinions of others, nor are getting older; nor the choices of people we love, the mistakes we make, and the sins we commit. The second most comforting news of the day is that I’m not God, though at times my attitude and unbelief would indicate a measure of presumed sovereignty.

     Father, be exalted in the claims, confusion, and chaos of this one day. Let us see your hand and heart at work in everything. You are working all things together after the counsel of your will. You are working in all things for the good of those who love you. That includes us—it includes me, only because you first loved us in Jesus and gave him as a sacrifice for our sins. With palms, up in surrender and praise, we enter this day expectantly. So very Amen, we pray, in Jesus’ excellent and exalted name. Amen

Colossians 1:11 – “May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,”

Psalm 27:1 – “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”