Is this ever how you feel, weighed down by the task that lies ahead, uncertain what the future holds, snowed under by the sheer volume of information to assimilate and process??? If you so then phew…. i’m not on my own. The world we live in breeds this feeling day and daily in our lives : whether it’s work deadlines, relationship strains, health problems, information overload none of us are averse to this sense of helplessness. And for this web 2.0, net savvy, dot-com generation the sheer volume of information seems like a waterfall overpowering us at times with RSS feeds to read, Status updates to check, Emails to process, SMS messages to send, MP3’s to download, box sets to watch…………….
As U2 put it so eloquently, sometimes it seems like there’s “No line on the Horizon”.
And it’s into this chaos of life, this volume of noise, this endless cycle of pressures and to-do-lists, that the still small voice of God calls us to himself, urging us to rest in Him, lay our burdens at the foot of the cross if only we would take the time and Pause, Reflect, Listen, Be……..
Matthew 11:28-29 (MSG)
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
So for me it’s time to listen to that still small voice, to pause, to reflect, to BE……… How about you?
