I think most can relate to me saying that sitting still is hard for me. Especially because I love to do the work of the Lord and I want to basically shout at everyone I see and say, “Do you know how much you are loved by the Savior and Creator of the universe?” If you can’t tell, I’m a natural evangelist. God gave me this beautiful gift and along with that, He gave me the gift of discernment and faith (there are a few other spiritual gifts I know are from Him as well but I want to focus on these two).
It has taken me about 3 years to fully realize and understand what the Lord has called me to do and, not to sound cocky, but now that I know, there really is no stopping me. From my experience, once you fully embrace who you are in Jesus and fully accept your calling and mission to expand the kingdom, a fire begins to burn so deeply that it is all you can think about. All I can think about is Jesus.
Of course, I DO get derailed every now and then. I am a very self aware person and can bounce back quickly, but, man, does Satan try to get in my way every day! During thes fight against him myself. I’m ashamed to admit that, because I know the truth. The truth is that I will fail every single time I go into battle alone. I must take my sword of the spirit and the rest of my armor. Sometimes these spiritual attacks last minutes…sometimes months, depending upon how feisty the devil is feeling.
During those longer battles, I start to open up to seek help and encouragement from my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. I have received some of the best advice from people in my family, church family and friends. But, sometimes they give advice that I just can’t imagine doing. They give me verses that, I believe, are taken out of context.
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14
“Be still and know I am God.” Psalms 46:10
These are great verses to give people in times of battle when you put the right context behind it, but, if you don’t, I think it can cripple someone into sitting still, instead of being still. I’m going to come back to the verses (I promise) but, first, I want to quickly add a little segue. It does absolutely drive me insane when people take verses out of context and are unknowingly (or knowingly) using it as an excuse to sit still. Here is the thing... we aren’t supposed to sit still. We are supposed to BE still so that the Lord can fight for us! Otherwise, we will keep trying to take control of the situation ourselves and find ourselves wandering out of the Lord’s Will. If you read past the first sentence in Psalms 46:10 it continues by saying, “I will be exalted among nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Meaning, God will always have the victory! Now knowing that, why would you want to sit still? I know we are all called to seasons of stillness, but in those seasons we are still to be moving towards God’s voice and, I don’t know about you, but God usually doesn’t reveal truth until I move toward it. That is why even when we find ourselves in a season of “being still” we must never find ourselves “sitting still” because the Lord gave us one mission and we need to fulfill that mission. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15
Much Love,
Kylie
