Be Still and Know

At our house we have a very bad habit.  Walk in door, grab remote, turn on TV.  It doesn't matter if there is nothing worthwhile to watch, there must be noise.  We go from den to living room, turn on second TV;  we leave room, the TV stays on with no one in the room.  In the car, the radio absolutely must be on...usually cranked up.

I think sometimes the need for noise in our lives is Satan's not so subtle way of allowing us to drown out the still, small voice of God.  Is it that we subconsciously don't want to hear God speak?  Maybe we know what He might say if we take the time to listen.  Is He sad that we are too busy with things that won't matter in eternity, things that probably won't even matter next week to spend time talking with Him, learning from Him, listening to Him, and reading His guidebook for our lives? 

In the biblical account of Mary and Martha, I can most certainly identify with Martha.  She had company coming for dinner.  She wanted her house to be in order, the table set for her guests.  There was food to be prepared and served.  And there sat her sister, Mary, at the feet of Jesus, while she was left to do it all alone.  If I were Martha, I would have been a little more than upset with her.  I would have been steaming mad!  Didn't she realize these guests had to be fed?  So she said to Jesus, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to  help me."

But what did Jesus say in reply?  He said, "Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

Jesus' time on earth was short, and Mary was spending time at his feet, listening to Him, learning from Him while her sister was more concerned with how the house looked, or whether the meal was served on time.  Did she not know that Jesus could feed thousands with just a few fish and a loaf of bread?  He could turn water into wine.  He didn't need her work.  He wanted Martha's worship, her praise, and her heart!  He wants our worship, our praise and our heart, too. 

Psalm 46:10 -"He says, Be still and know that I am God.  I will be exalted among the nations.  I will be exalted in all the earth."

God doesn't always speak in a loud, booming voice.  It might be in a quiet whisper.  Are you listening?  Can you hear Him, or is the noise of life getting in the way? - Selah

Copyright 2011 Charlotte Laney