STOPLIGHTS, CHRISTMAS, AND WAITING

Don’t you think most people enjoy the beauty of lights on the trees and the beautiful decorations? While most like the holiday festivities and decorations, there are some lights people don’t like. For example, some people hate “red lights,” which by the way, can slow you down for an appointment—and at the same time, save your life from a wreck. Even though they are the colors of Christmas–they have a different meaning when the lights are changing colors. Some people really get bothered by stoplights–and actually will tell you they hate them. They force us to come to a complete stop—that is, if we obey the laws of the land. 

Have you ever been driving along behind someone who rolls through a stop sign—and they didn’t do that “rocking motion” technique the driver’s education person taught you? For some reason, I remember that specifically. It can save lives. 

Many people are disturbed at seeing lights turn from green to red—because they don’t like to stop. Being still forces all of us to stop, observe, and listen intently.  I have learned that the time we spend with Jesus is never wasted. It is not lost time…. Making the choice to stop and be still—to listen to God and refocus and reflect, actually gives us leverage in life. 

“Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). Stillness is a revelation in your own heart of who is actually in control. Stillness is making the choice to listen for and seek God’s direction in daily life. 

When we truly know in our hearts that God is truly God—and that He cares about the most intimate details in our lives, we can rest in knowing that God’s purposes and plans never fail. He knows best how to bring life to what appears dead. He know best how to bring purpose out of what seems to be a plan gone south. 

Instead of running ahead, driving through stoplights, and becoming frustrated with having to “stop,” I encourage you to come to a place where you enjoy the stillness in your heart where you can truly hear the sweet voice of our Father God. It is God’s Holy Spirit who empowers, equips, and who gives us wisdom to do life. 

Greater things come when we learn to be still and listen to God’s direction first, before running through stoplights, warning signs, or totally missing God’s instruction in the first place. If you feel like you are abandoned in some area, go back to God and ask Him to remind you of the last instruction He gave you.

I don’t know about you, but I need God every second of my life. Learn to be still and release your cares and concerns to the Lord—so He can overshadow you with His love and a new strategy for doing life. 

Instead of seeing stoplights as delays—view them differently. Gain God’s perspective by learning to be still in your heart….

HIS love and mine,

Deborah 

BOOKS BY DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI:

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose) …How to move from drama to destiny

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat) … the full account of how God raised my husband from early death….that will keep you turning the pages and give you faith to believe God for anything.

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)  … a must read!

SHIFT HAPPENS (co-author in the anthology) 

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.