STEP BY STEP

Oh God you are my God, earnestly I seek you.  My soul thirsts for you, and my body longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water.   Psalm 63:1

Lord I love this portion of scripture because it reminds me of the words that Rich Mullins wrote years ago from your word about being with you each step of the way.  He said, step-by-step you’ll lead me, and I will follow you all of my days.  

Your message has been clear this past few days to let my spirit be calm, and walk in quietness.  There is so much noise everywhere.  Sometimes I feel so wrapped up in self and anxieties, and I need that still small voice to quiet my spirit, and then to calmly get up and continue the journey just one step at a time. 

Lord, I see how much I need you, and I am gradually learning what it means to live in and walk in peace.  In Matthew Ch. 14, we see how you calmed the storm in Peter’s life.  Too often we want you to do things our way, and so much so that we sometimes reach a point of thinking we can go on our own, and walk on water, just as Peter did.  But you have that way of calming us and reassuring us that you are always there to pick us up when we stumble or fall. 

And the still small voice says,  “ Yes, that is right.“  Too many are out rushing and running to and fro, but their steps are not planned and their house is not in order.” But be assured, you must take just one step at a time, one day at a time, step by step.

You see, I have summoned  you by name, you are mine.  Fear not for I have redeemed you.  I will be with you and when you pass through the waters, I will be with you.  When you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you, and when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.  Isaiah 43:1-2. 

So I want you to learn to walk step-by-step in faith, in peace and calmness so that you in turn may be able to find other men along the pathway.  As you walk, teach them this quietness in the spirit through example. 

Dock Caton   03/12/2012