We who are fearful, we who are ill, we who are anxious – God says, “Be Still!”
In all the fury of thought, in all the moments of pain,
may we call on You, our Father, and proclaim, “Holy is Your Name.”
May we acknowledge You, our Shepherd,
Good and even Great, and cast our many cares on You, as You have ‘made us to lie down’… and wait.
Wait, and wait, and even wait more – Our heavenly Father, fill our fretful hearts with faith and trust that overflow, that overflow from our core.
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done; provide, protect, Your promises keep! Satan knocks at the door of my every thought, denying all that You are, denying Your a God who keeps…
You ARE a God who provides. You ARE a Father who protects. Your promises are true – forever, EVEN always! Help me not to listen to my own doubtful thoughts that lie and scoff and bring me way down,their path, is not a ‘good report’, these thoughts simply are not sound!
“Think on these things,” Your word reminds us now, “things that are praiseworthy, noble and true”…Lord that is You, Lord that is You! We must think on YOU, morning and evening and remember how:
how You are a God who keeps His children through the night and throughout the day. You are a God who loves us, because YOU are love – not because we are, YOU are the Way. We aren’t deserving of Your love, no, not one of us are! But You are so gracious and forgiving, bringing salvation to all, and to those who call on Your name – You become ‘our Father!’ Yes, You are!
I choose to believe You Lord, even in this pain. I will praise You out loud – I WILL praise Your Name! It’s in praising that my heart and mind are kept safe. It’s in praising and praise that you change my worry and fret to FAITH!”You are my God who provides. You are my Father who protects. You are my God who I wait on ’cause Your promises are true. You’ve led me ‘beside the still waters’, You’ve ‘restored my soul’, I will follow You Jesus -You make my heart new.
Make my heart new every morning, tune it throughout the day. O Lord in the evening, may I praise Your sweet grace. You know I will fail You, forgive my lack of trust. May I ‘strengthen my arms’ in ‘casting all my cares’ … please, take all my sorrows and fears and distress, that I may ‘Be Still’ and instead, be found singing Your praise. Proclaiming aloud, proclaiming again, that ‘surely goodness and mercy shall follow me, and then,p>
I will tell You, “I love you Lord Jesus,” and proclaim, “I need You right now. To help me, to guide me, to show me Lord, how”,
May every breath I take, and all my actions prove, to be made in grace and mercy – may this be how I’m known to move.
I don’t have the answers, but Lord, I know that YOU do…so as I fix my eyes on Jesus… may Your all – sufficient – grace surround me, and may I sing this song in the morning, and find this song at noon, to help me to ‘Be Still’… yes, to help me to ‘Be Still’, the whole evening through.