Our world is filled with noise from all sides and we don’t know what to do with it. We have constant social media posts which keep our eyes, ears and mind in continual motion; news from all sources that rarely focus on anything positive, our phones which ding and ping with texts, and videos and political coverage which is overwhelming. Add to this the time spent playing games and scrolling on our devices, means it never stops. All this noise and constant movement doesn’t allow for a moment to rest our minds.
SO MUCH NOISE
I read recently an article that suggests this overwhelming of our minds could possibly be the catalyst for some of the mental illness phenomenon across our country. Even the words from the song Ilia Malinin was skating to was someone struggling against the noise in his mind!
We are inundated with negativity, the constant bewailing of all the ills of whoever is posting on social media, lies that infiltrate what we hear and read in the news because it’s skewed to the perception of the announcer, or a vindictive person who can’t tell right from wrong. What if ‘stillness’ could be the best medicine for mental illness?
WEAK AND VULNERABLE
Our bodies, when pressed with continual fatigue will falter. Our immune system becomes weaker, leaving us vulnerable for illnesses, breaks and bruises, causing heart attacks, migraines and a huge host of other symptoms directly related to the over use and lack of care, for our bodies! It isn’t something we planned on; we just go, go, go, because that’s the expectation of society. Busy means productive. Productivity means progress. Progress means a bigger paycheck, a chance to climb another rung on the proverbial ‘ladder’……
OUR MINDS EXHAUSTED
Could our minds perhaps have the same dilemma? With the negativity in our
world, compounded with the stress of expectations in our workplace, our day to day lives, to our schedules, families, extracurricular activities, and to-do lists, could we be causing overload to the point of break down?
BE STILL
But then there’s the single verse from Psalm 46:10 which says, ‘Be still and know that I am God.’ I’m one of those people who find it difficult to just slow down. While I’m not into all the media hype and other noises that could cloud my day, slowing down is hard for me. I write, think, and seem to process all the time. It seems there is always something to be preparing, to write about, to share!
'BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD'
Are we missing the moments with God that are simply an invitation into His presence, where we can find calm, peace, fullness, and ease the sense of striving? What would happen, if literally, when we feel a bit overwhelmed, or hear his whisper to ‘be still’ we took a deep breath and for just sixty seconds, invite God to take control and allow Him to release the tension that’s threatening to pull us under?
When we do this, we are allowing God to work in our lives. That's presence. God does not tremble at the noise around us. He has total control and wants us to allow his power to reign as only He can, offering us calm.
‘Be still’…and know He is God!
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