Quietness in the hustle bustle of life

Yet again I was reading a devotional passage from Streams in the desert, and I was reading about how God can use us to achieve greater heights if we allow ourselves to be alone with him. Somehow, there was this paragraph that just seemed to shout out to me, it felt so relevant to the needs of men and women today.
Earnestly desire to get alone with God ...... It may mean that we do less outward, visible work, but the work we do will have more depth and power ...... That people will see "no one except Jesus" (Matt 17:8) in our lives.
How is it then that we are now living in a time where society is obsessed with getting more done outwardly, just to show forth our "worth" and "efficiency". How is it that we couldn't care less about true substance and the meaning to why we do the things we do, and still think that we have advanced as a human race. We push ourselves each day to accomplish more and more, only to find that we have become so shallow that less an less of what we do matters anymore.

What has gone wrong? Where are we heading to? Maybe it's time we all took a day off our daily routine and take more than a moments time to get everything into the right perspective. The reason we move our feet is so that it brings us to where we want to go; but if we start running aimlessly not knowing where we are heading to, should we not STOP ... and listen to what our creator has to say?


For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.    (Jeremiah 29:11)

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Discovered a gentle peace in the midst of your blog...enjoyed

Tong How said...

Thanks, always nice to hear from people who share the same thoughts.

Unknown said...

;0) I used that same scripture this a.m. in my posting....the wheat will be separated from the tares! Enjoyed

http://braveenoughfortruth.blogspot.com/

Ren said...

great blog!

Anonymous said...

SALUDOS DESDE ESPAÑA

un abrazo en Cristo
http://hambreysed.blogspot.com.es/

Tong How said...

Thanks Ren.
Glad to see someone from Spain, Luis.

Unknown said...

Thanks for those words. And yes we really do need to focus on what life is all about. God is waiting.

Unknown said...

i like how your talikng about our god we need need him in our lives

Unknown said...

Very inspirational

Unknown said...

Wow! "Quietness" is much needed in today's times! Its in those times of "quietness" that the Spirit really speaks the words that bring us Strength, Peace and Courage... all the things that are necessary to walk confidently in Him. Thanks for writing!

Tong How said...

Amen, Jason :)

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Mike's Travels said...

Ah. I stumbled here and am encouraged :)

Tong How said...

Glad to hear that Mike :)

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