Be still

Driving down the interstate, I crossed over Lake Norman just as the sun was beginning to rise.  The reddish orange sky contrasted against the blues and purples of the morning clouds.

At the same moment, a thought began to rise in my heart.  It then burst into my mind quick and bright against the dark clouds that had been filling my mind for months.  Months of spinning, planning, plotting, striving, trying to understand.

"I don't have to figure it out!" shouted the thought gleefully.  My whole mind was filled with light and unexpected joy and freedom.  Peace, be still.  I laughed aloud.

I don't have to figure it out.  It is not mine to figure out.  I don't HAVE to worry, as if all my thoughts and analyzing, rehashing, and contriving could really control anything.  No,  I can rest and trust.  Peace, be still.  Be still and know that He is God.  He has already figured it out, and He will do it.

 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:
   “In repentance and rest is your salvation,
   in quietness and trust is your strength,
   but you would have none of it." 
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you;
   therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the LORD is a God of justice.
   Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:15, 18