Right here, Right now.

“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength” (Isaiah 30:15)

It’s within the chaos of our world that I’m learning to find God.

Running between my home and the main gate to hand over a chunk of money that the delivery boy had mistakenly given me, I’m learning the sheer brilliance and importance of internal peace and rest.

My most recent revelation informs me that if I wait for the circumstances of my world to line up, I’ll be waiting forever.

But if I’m willing to let the Holy Spirit create and cultivate that sacred space deep within my soul that rests in the assurance that comes from knowing I’m a child of God, I have the opportunity to rest secure right where I am.

I’m guessing the same holds true for you too, dear friend.

Standing beside a rather tall palm with the sound of water running down a wall, I felt Heaven touch earth. I found myself wanting to just be still. Be still in the stillness of His Presence, amid the wonder of creation. A gentle breeze caressing my face and restoring unto me the awe of my King.

Who is ever beside me, but longs for me to be still long enough to discover that reality.

Tracing my steps back home, I was a bit changed I admit.

I left with a photo to share with my friends here, yes. But something more than that perhaps.

A yearning to know what it’s like to really be still and know that He is God.

An uncommon peace and a supernatural rest undergirding my soul through all the chaos I’m called to walk through.

A simple child like trust in Father God that is of far greater value than pure gold.

A heart that rests fully assured in the sure and certain knowledge that the Lord is in control.

A life that wants to have the privilege of knowing Him deeper and fuller.

All because if I’ve been made in the image of God and I have, then peace and rest are my portion. And that too, right here. Right now.

Not one day when, dear friend.

Right here. Right now.