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                                                          Psalm 46:10
                                         Be still, and know that I am God

My girlfriend left a message on my voicemail this morning sharing how she had heard a sermon about how we are to be still, but not just be still, just be. I immediately knew this message was for me.

God doesn't need for us to always be doing. He longs for us to be still, sit at His feet, be a Mary instead of a Martha. As Mary sat at Jesus' feet, captivated by all He was teaching, Martha hurried around with much to do. When she asked Jesus to tell Mary to help her, Jesus gently rebuked her.

                "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
                But one this is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which
                will not be taken from her."                                  __Luke 10:41-42

Every time I read this portion of Scripture I can hear Jesus saying to me, "Cyndy, Cyndy, you are always so busy with things you think are important. Won't you please come sit and let me share with you what is really important? I have so much to teach you." When I try to think of what is so important that it takes away from my time with Christ, I can't think of anything, or am crushed in my spirit to think that what I feel is so important, more important than time spent with Jesus. It is the God of the universe who desires for me to sit with Him! What could be more important than that!!

I heard a Christian speaker define "abiding" as sitting at the feet of Jesus with a heart to obey. As Christians this should be our deepest desire. We have an invitation to sit at the feet of Jesus, learn from Him, get to know Him as our loving Father, grow in our dependence on Him, and give Him more of ourselves with each passing day. How foolish for us to always be doing. "Be still and know that I am God." May we not just be still, but just be, that Christ may live!

                  For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.   __Philippians 1:21

                  When You said, "Seek My face."
                  My heart said to You,
                 "Your face, LORD, I will seek."                        __Psalm 27:8

The Hem of His Garment

                                                             Mark 6:56
                           Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country,
                         they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that
                                    they might just touch the hem of His garment.
                                   And as many as touched Him were made well.

Jesus and the disciples crossed the seas and came to the land of Gennesaret.  As they came out of the boat immediately the people recognized Jesus and began running to Him, carrying the sick on beds to where He was.

The touch of the hem of the Master's garment, that is all they wanted. Not silver, gold, or great possessions, just to touch His garment. To them that was everything. They knew Jesus was enough. They knew if they could touch just the hem of His garment their lives would be made whole again. In desperation they ran to Him.

How desperate are we to run to Jesus? Do we know that He is enough? Do we live knowing because we have touched the hem of His garment by asking Him into our heart, our life has been made whole again? We no longer live under the condemnation of our past sins, but have been made clean by the blood of Jesus. No longer do we live with hopelessness in the midst of heartache. With Jesus all things are possible!

            But Jesus looked at them,
                          "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
                                                                                                    __Matthew 19:26

When hard times come do we run to Jesus, knowing as they did, that He is the answer, or do we first attempt to figure things out on our own, and when all else fails run to Him? Jesus came that we would not have to live on oun own, but look to Him.

            O LORD, I know the way of man is not of himself;
            It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.         __Jeremiah 10:23

            For in Him we live and move
            And have our being.                                                       __Acts 17:28

If only we may touch the hem of His garment. Praise God we have!

         "And as many as touched Him were made well."