The Alphabet: Q is for Quiet

31 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment

by simivarughese in Baby talk

There are times in my life when I feel like I can hear and feel God in everything. Other times I feel quite the opposite. I scream, yet He remains silent. And I don’t understand it, so I scream even louder and still nothing. It seems like it is always at those times when you need to hear Him the most that He chooses to remain quiet.

“Late that day he said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side.” They took him in the boat as he was. Other boats came along. A huge storm came up. Waves poured into the boat, threatening to sink it. And Jesus was in the stern, head on a pillow, sleeping! They roused him, saying, “Teacher, is it nothing to you that we’re going down?”

Awake now, he told the wind to pipe down and said to the sea, “Quiet! Settle down!” The wind ran out of breath; the sea became smooth as glass.”

Mark 4:35-39 (The Message)

Just like the disciples sometimes we too think, “maybe He just doesn’t care”. Realize, His quietness doesn’t translate as His absence. He promised never to leave nor forsake you. Even when you can’t feel him or hear him, know He is there! If you don’t stand firm on this truth, you will easily be shaken by doubt and worry.

So why doesn’t God miraculously intervene? Why is He sleeping during the storms of your life? Well maybe it isn’t about the storm at all, maybe it’s about you. The Bible says, God will never give you more than you can handle. Maybe He is quiet because He has faith in you. Now only if we could have that faith in God to not grow anxious, but remain quiet during the uncertainties of life.

Prayer: Lord, quiet the storms within me that cause me to doubt and worry. And give me grace to be still and know You are God and You are here.