I believe one of
the reasons that Father calls us His children, is the fact that we
act like children. Some of us never mature, because we are not
willing, to take the processes, of life seriously. The writer of the
book of Hebrews is raking the believers over the coals, for not
maturing from milk, to strong meat. They should have progressed, to
being teachers of the Word, instead that were still, in the need, of
being taught. (Hebrews 5, 12-13)
There is something
inside of us that drives us to do more than we are ready to be doing.
Parents, look at you very small children. Do they not try, to take
off running, after being able to barely stand up? Do they not
graduate to drawing pictures immediately, after learning, to make
marks, on the sheet of paper? I could continue on with the ones that
really don't know any better. The ones that have not had a fair
chance to learn. Except for the fact, that those of us, that consider
ourselves to be adults, are still in need, of a bottle, of warm milk.
We act like we
have ants in our pants. Have you ever really had ants, in your pants?
Unfortunately, I can say that I have had ants, all over my body,
including in the clothes that I had on, at the time. OK..Short quick
story.
When a fire ant is
left in peace, to build the colony, that they live in. It can get
several feet high when undisturbed. One day while walking through the
woods with a friend, we ran a crossed a mound over three foot high. I
wasn't the brightest star in the sky, and apparently my friend wasn't
either. We decided to load a bunch of bottle rockets, into the side
of that hill. Boys will be boys, entertaining ourselves in various
ways. The problem wasn't blowing a hole, in the side of that fire ant
hill. The problem was standing there, all excited, not knowing what
to expect.
Honestly, all we
were expecting to see, was a hole left in the side of the mound, and
nothing more. Oh, but we received much more excitement, than we ever
had enough sense, to ever anticipated. Immediately, when the bottle
rockets went off, hundreds of fire ants went airborne!! I can tell
you with all the confidence in the world, that they were not happy
about being disturbed!! Once they landed on our bodies, they
immediately, went into attack mode.
I really can't tie
that ant story, into what I am talking about today. I just think that
it's really funny looking back thirty-five years. God has been really
good to me!! The fact that I am even here today, is a great example.
Moving on... The
verse that I want to bring out today comes from the book of Psalms,
forty-sixth chapter, verse ten. Be still, and know that I am
God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the
earth.
Life is a process.
Everything has an order to follow. Our Father is a God, of complete
order. There is a reason for everything, that He says to us. There
is an order that we must go by, to see the end results, that we hope
to achieve.
In this verse it
sounds like Father is giving His children a command. Be still. Our
Father is tell us the same thing, that we speak, to our children. You
know that Father does not waste any words, and when He says something
to do, He is very serious!! I looked up the word still in Websters
1869 Dictionary. I really like this version of Mr. Websters
Dictionary, because he was on the same page, as the Word of God.
Here are a few of
the definitions: 1.
Silent; uttering no sound. 2. Quiet; calm; not disturbed by noise. 3.
Motionless; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still. 4. Quiet; calm;
not agitated.
If
we can obey the Father, and be still; His promise to us, is that He
is going to do a thing, that nobody else can possibly take credit for
doing, other than Father. I like to put it is these words: Daddy is
going to show up, and show completely out!! That just causes the
Hebe-jeebies to run all over my body!! I love it when Father does
this!!
The
number two definition is the one that usually have the most trouble
over coming. Quiet, calm, and not disturbed by noise. It always
seems, that while were waiting on God to show up, in any situation,
that there is a lot of noise, in the background, of our lives. It
seems that these “Haters,” as I like to call them, come out of
hiding everywhere possible. Another description that I like to use
for them are “Naggers.” They nag, and whine endless chatter,
about much of nothing!! I think that Noah could tell us about this
group of folks. I would imagine, that he dealt with more, than his
share, while building the ark. If I can keep my composure, while all
of this is going on, I do good.
As
Christians, I think that we need to look, at the lives that we are
living, and ask ourselves some basic questions. Are we keeping the
things in the order, that they were designed to be kept in? Are we
being still, or do we act like we have ants in our pants? Are we
letting the “Haters, and the Naggers” agitate us, to the point
that we are losing our blessing?
After
all, a blessing is a terrible thing to waste!!
…............Much
love
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