{"id":12160,"date":"2025-02-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12160"},"modified":"2025-02-18T20:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T03:52:19","slug":"working-in-vain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=12160","title":{"rendered":"Working in Vain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Working for Bounty <\/strong>or<\/strong> Being Still<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 19 February 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Where Do You Find Stillness Before God?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 127:1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke 5:5-6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon answered, \u2018Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.\u2019 When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm <\/strong>37:7<\/strong><\/em>a<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be still before the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told his wife he\u2019d be back the next day. Just a little business to take care of so that they\u2019d have the money for that great retirement home they\u2019d looked at. Well, he\u2019d looked at for them. She was too sick that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said they should spend time together. She was feeling exceptionally well. We don\u2019t want to miss out. Not like before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before. I was there with you for every birth, every birthday and milestone. Well, most anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really?!, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I was right there with you, for the birth of our first two children. Though I had to leave for that business meeting and then your water broke. Still I was there early the next day to spend the first day with you and our youngest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time flies. Now they\u2019re all grown and have families of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that\u2019s what you think being there is? Then go, go do your business. But remember I invited you to stay with me today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So off he went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had a massive heart attack six hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he returned ….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There wasn\u2019t a thing now he wouldn\u2019t give to have those six hours with her. To be wise enough to not run off when she invited him to stay with her. They could have played chess, gone for a short walk out around the yard, listened to all the birds, squirrels, maybe seen a deer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, he\u2019d gone to finalize the sale of part of his business. It had to be that day for the extra bonus, the unbelievable bonus of nearly 50% more than he\u2019d gotten otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that extra money meant nothing. He certainly didn\u2019t want to move into that retirement home without her. He didn\u2019t want to do anything, not without her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter what we work at, when we take no time to be still before the Lord, we run off like chickens without their heads. We cover lots of ground, and it\u2019s all for nought. We build great homes, and it\u2019s all for nought. We make great plans for our future, and it\u2019s all for nought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to Jesus\u2019 heart beating in your chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel the Spirit moving through your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sense God All-Everything flowing in your veins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be still and know God\u2019s Word in you, around you, for you, for all people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then give it your all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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