March 8, 2020 Voice of Surrender

As God is helping us to QUIET the VOICES INSIDE of us, He is also wanting us to not be distracted by the voices of what is going on in the world around us! The people in the world are in great turmoil, and this turmoil is just going to get more intense and widespread. 
God wants to give us Shalom- PEACE in the midst of the raging storms of the world.  In order to receive this peace, we must truly know and understand that GOD IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING.  But do we really believe this?

When we surrender completely to God and His Voice, we will have peace like a flowing river. 

Isaiah 66:12  God desires to extend peace to us as a river.   
 
But when we add things into our life that distract, confuse, and frighten us, boulders are thrown into our peaceful river. These boulders make the flow of the water inconsistent.  Sometimes the flow is so light the boulders are exposed and block our path.  But sometimes the water is a raging torrent filled with rushing water and dangerous hidden obstacles (boulders).
 
Lately is has been so easy to get distracted by the news feeds that pop up on my phone and computer. I have found myself checking to follow up on what I had read a few hours before.  I know it is the media’s job to entice us to stay tuned in to what they are saying, but they are stealing the “peace like a river” that the Lord wants for us.   

God has made humans to be curious, but when our curiosity becomes unbalanced, it will steal our Peace.  We must be disciplined to not allow these “boulders” into our day to trouble us and take away the Peace he has put in our hearts and minds. If we don’t, then as the events in this world get more and more troubling, we will not have the discipline to resist their voice.  I’m not saying we need to be ignorant of what is happening, but we need to must be careful to attune our eyes and ears to the Sovereign leading of God, and not crave what the news is saying about things. 
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Let’s let this children’s Sunday School song ring in our minds and hearts today as we surrender to His Voice and not the Voice of the world. 
 
I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.
I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.
I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.