There are seasons when God does not ask us to figure it out. He simply asks us to show up.
We have been there – haven’t we? We move through our days perform our faith, perform our marriages, perform our lives and check the boxes. Saying the right things. Keeping it together for everyone who is watching. Sound familiar?
And then, quietly, God points to a little place.
Maybe it is a stretch of coastline where the waves do not care how well you are doing. Maybe it is a chair by a window with a view that asks nothing of you. Maybe it is simply the seat beside someone you love, with nowhere to be and nothing to prove.
He leads us there not because we have earned the rest but because we need it.
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
Not to be productive. Not to be impressive. Not to be healed by next week. Just to be still.
There is a kind of restoration that only happens when we stop performing. When we let the ocean be loud so we can be quiet. When we sit and simply breathe. When we let God be God and release ourselves from the exhausting work of trying to be everything else.
He is still leading us to still waters. We only need to follow.
“He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul.” Psalm 23:2-3
Lord, thank You for the quiet places You prepare for us – the ones we almost miss because we are too busy performing to notice Your invitation. Lead us to stillness today. Remind us that Your presence requires nothing from us but our surrender. Teach us to be still and in that stillness, to know You more. Amen.
Friend, has God been pointing you toward a little place of rest? We would love to hear about it in the comments. Pull up a chair – the porch is always open. 🌿