Stillness, Coffee and Breakfast with the Horses

Have you ever considered taking a moment of stillness?  Is the very thought of this painful or inconceivable?  Yes, we live in a microwave, get-it-in-two-seconds or get-it-yesterday culture.  We have lost the aptitude for stillness.  Yet it is to this place of rest that Jesus calls us.  It is in the still, quiet moments that we find Him, that we hear His voice more clearly, where suddenly all that is muddled may become clear.  The noise is gone, and He can get through.

Stillness, quietude, these are a lost art.  Many think that meditation and quiet are for those who practice yoga or other Eastern religions, but that is not so.  For we see it in Scripture: Jesus went away by Himself to pray.  Also, in the early church meditation and quiet before the Lord were standard practice.

Quiet isn’t to be feared.  It is to be savored.  When the noise clears, and we are quiet before the Lord, the focus is on Him and nothing else.  It is these moments I have heard His voice most clearly, where I have received revelation and direction, where I have experienced my deepest healings.  It is the best way to be restored.

While He has healed my heart, led me to forgive, led me to start companies, led me to all sorts of things, I am surprised sometimes by what He tells me.  For instance yesterday.  We talked about coffee, something I have not had in a very long time.  I had been craving it, which was strange.  I had given it up over ten years ago for health reasons.  Wouldn’t partake of it unless He said it was okay.  Suddenly, it was okay.  He led me to read a passage in II Kings where a devastating famine came to an abrupt end.  So it was for me yesterday.  He led me to coffee, a shortbread and breakfast with the horses I love so well.  It was a time of great refreshing for me.  And for the sum total of ~$6, I was transported to a world of quiet, dreams, a place where anything was once again possible, a place where I felt refreshed and as though my body is healing.  It was wonderful, much needed, and much appreciated.  I don’t totally understand what is going on, but this I know:  He loves me; He truly loves me.  And because of this, He gave me my heart's desires, something I didn’t totally grasp until I spent time with Him, talked with Him, rested quietly with Him.

I promise you that He wants to talk to you.  He wants to share His heart with you, heal you, lead you to places you can't even imagine.  I know, because He has done the same for me.

If this is totally new to you, try it for 10-15 minutes for two weeks.  No distractions – no phones, computers, iPads, etc.  Nothing.  Just you and Him.  Try it.  You won’t be disappointed.  Enjoy.

Until next time...

Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)
'Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'