I AM sufficient for you in your time of need…

Don’t be loud, noisy or busy about what everyone else seems to be anxious about, just be still…

Let the world go by you in its mad drive for “success” or the “American Dream”, it’s ok because you can abide in the timeless One…

Don’t be afraid of “wasting time” at the Master’s feet listening to His still small voice when the world, friends and even family seem to be calling your name…

Stop and listen, is not the GREAT I AM more than enough for you?

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.  ⁵ Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.  ⁶ Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  ⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  ⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  ⁹ Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”

Philippians 4:4-9

The Lord has been really teaching me a lot recently, but it is moment by moment, day by day. This passage from Philippians is not just some random passage I picked that could match the text, but instead it is a passage that the Lord is using in my life to teach me to “Be still and know that I am God”. While working here at IMI, God has really been challenging me to completely trust Him; this includes trusting Him in timing, relationships, opportunities, works projects and simply in my relationship first and foremost with Him!

The verse in Psalm 46:10 which speaks of being still is not referring to just quitting all your tasks and doing nothing, but instead it has a much deeper and more personal focus. Do you remember the story of Martha and Mary in Luke 10:38-42? Martha was very busy about the necessary things that were to be accomplished in her own house, while Mary chose to sit at Jesus’ feet and simply listen to Him. Notice what Jesus’ response was to Martha’s protest of Mary sitting at His feet and not helping, “And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:  ⁴² But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Mary gives the perfect example of the heart of Psalm 46:10…she was simply abiding in the Father (John 15). Being still is not sitting around and doing nothing, but instead it is taking time away from the cries of the world to satisfy the deepest need that a human being will ever have; a need for relationship! This is exactly what the Lord has been showing me, that I can invest in the eternal treasure of knowing my Father more intimately while the world and those who love it invest their lives in that which will soon fade away.

So in short PLEASE take time, consume your life with and invest in an eternal treasure which can never be taken away from you … time with the Father!

Here are some pictures of the beauty of Texas wild flowers…these flowers are SO incredibly awesome!!! :D

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"Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" 
Matthew 6:30