Simple Trust and Turning the Tide

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life. I THESSALONIANS 4:11 NIV 

Most of us would probably describe our daily lives as anything but quiet. Whether we work in the home, from home, outside the home, or away from home, there’s likely a degree of hectic that prevents us from defining our life as a quiet one. The race of our days might even inspire the occasional cry for help, or just a good cry. 

There’s no weakness in letting the tears flow. It’s soul cleansing and stress relieving. Every one of our tears has God’s attention. “You have seen me tossing and turning through the night. You have collected all my tears and pre-served them in Your bottle! You have recorded everyone in Your book” (Psalm 56:8 TLB). When God asks us to make it our ambition to live a quiet life, He doesn’t mean it literally. The quietness He desires for our life is found in trusting Him. Simply trusting Him. 

We need a quiet trust, deep down, that drowns out the noise of the lies in our heads saying, “You’re not going to make it,” “This is a mess even God won’t clean up for you,” or, “There’s no way God’s love can reach you hear.” Every ounce of our being must trust that not one of those thoughts rings true. God loves you too much to author any thought that reflects anything but love or truth. Truth like this: “The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns.... This one thing I know: God is for me! (Psalm 56:9 TLB). 

God can be trusted completely. He’s for you every hour of every day. It’s time to be ambitious about living a quiet life. A life marked by quiet confidence in the face of any challenge. A life secure in truth. You will not be left alone, you will not be let down, and you will not be separated from the love that will never give up on you. Today can be trusted in the hands of your unfailing Father, and with Him controlling the tide of the battle, nothing is impossible. 

Dear God, I trust You. There’s nothing that can defeat me or pull me from the arms of love carrying me. Give me the strength I need to stand in Your favor and faithfulness. 

This is an excerpt from The Campfire is Calling: 90 Warming Devotions for the Simple Life – a devotional now available on DaySpring.com. Shop all books, journals, and devotions from DaySpring here.