As I sat to spend some quiet time, my mind just wouldn't stop. Thinking and re-thinking.
I had intended to read the whole Psalm. But, I just couldn't.
The first line of Psalm 62 jumped off the page and lunged at me, relentlessly insisting on attention. I simply couldn't move on. I had to read it again. And my mind calmed. My busy thoughts took a seat and stopped at the Words...
My soul finds rest in God alone
My soul finds rest in God alone, it said. He said. And I knew these words were alive. Active and alive these words brought life.
As I repeated the words over and over in my mind and out loud quietly, I found a stop again in my spirit. God alone
God alone.
This was His word for me. I needed to respond.
My soul finds rest, or more truthfully seeks rest in many things; but, God was inviting me to more. He was speaking to my soul and reminding my inner man that truly only in Him could I find rest. I might seek rest in other things; but, I would never find it anywhere but in Him alone.
I could think more and plan more. I could analyse and worry. I could question and regret. But, these would only send me around and around, never to find rest.
My soul finds rest in God alone. Stephanie, your soul finds rest in Me alone.
I told Him that I was deeply sorry that I ran seeking rest in other things, other thoughts, other ways... I told Him how desperately I needed His help to seek Him alone. I told Him that He deserved all my heart, all my mind and all my soul.
And, I told Him that I would speak to my soul, "Find rest, O my soul, in God alone!" (Psalm 62:5)
Find rest.
in God alone.