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Peace Even Today
by Jerry Ousley "This will be delivered by noon on Monday no exceptions. No one goes home until full arrangements have been made." A rush order at work just had to be shipped. It was Friday and this was not the kind of pressure we needed to end the work week. To make a long story short we did get the order out on time. I suppose the trucking company made a great deal of profit hauling a special Saturday morning delivery to our customer. I could imagine the driver of that truck feeling like we had because he had to work the weekend to make the delivery. I wonder if it was all worth it really. I can just picture the final end customer getting his part and saying something like, "Thanks for getting it done so quickly but you know I'm not going to need this for another three weeks yet." We rush around trying to make a good impression to keep the money flowing in and I suppose that's what makes our system work so well. I do wonder if giving up our peace is worth it. What good does millions and even billions of dollars do if we have no peace? On my way home that evening as I tried to unwind from the tension of the day I thought of an incident my wife Debbie, our daughter, her friend, and myself experienced. We were driving through the country when we were privileged with a sight probably few see. Just about twenty feet from the road was a doe with her nursing fawn. It was so amazing we had to stop and watch for awhile. The doe looked at us in way that let us know that she knew we weren't going to hurt her and just peacefully continued on with her business. I don't think her fawn even realized we were there. It certainly brought a peaceful moment to my heart. The calm of this scene in contrast to the day I'd just had made me wonder why we struggle so much. God's creatures just take it minute for minute and don't seem in the least concerned. In Matthew 6, Jesus spoke of the lilies of the field, how they didn't worry and still God took care of them. There's a great truth to be learned by looking at situations and things in the light of how God takes care of nature. We don't all need to quit our jobs to bring this point home but we do need to take time to relax in the Lord and let Him fill us with peace that only He can bring in a time of quietness. Even in the middle of all the confusion, rush and "hurry up and wait" philosophies we have created for ourselves, in God and only in God, we can have peace even today. Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |