It Feels Like You're Inside the Boat Asleep

I’m a huge fan of Josh Wilson. He is incredibly talented. He did benefit concerts for the Haiti missions organization Chris worked with back in 2013-2015. He recently provided a demo of a song titled “Tonight” that has captured my heart and attention in this last week. It lands so very gently on my heart and helps it to find a new rhythm. It slows it down. Soothes it. Quiets it. Gives me words to feelings. Helps some of them rise to my eyes and leak out effortlessly. 

Here's two lines that have me hypnotized right now:

“please let me hear Your voice – even in the silence”

“it feels like You’re inside the boat asleep”  

I encourage you to give it a listen if/when you have a minute. Some different line(s) may resonate with you. 

Just roll with me here...

“And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. 

And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” Matthew 8:23-25

 

Saturday, we spent the majority of the day in a coffee shop studying and (Chris) sermon prepping. I had my headphones on searching for songs that are straight scripture. So, I wandered through Shane & Shane’s “Psalms” albums listening and reading along... I was caught afresh in Psalm 46. You know the famous one that includes the line “be still and know that I am God” in verse 10. But, I could barely get past verses 2 and 3! Wow! 

 

What God is showing me over and over and over again is that IN the “THOUGHs” He is with us. He is with me. “He is my refuge & strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear THOUGH the earth gives way, THOUGH the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, THOUGH its waters roar and foam, THOUGH the mountains tremble at its swelling.”

 

I smiled as I am once again GENTLY reminded that (right now) I do need only to be still... and know that He is God. Sounds so incredibly easy... be still... and know... I know I cannot control the world or even my world. Yet, I find myself moving about and trying to “fix” this or that. I need to surrender to Him my THOUGHs as well as the prideful thought that I could ever control anything other than my car or the dishes & laundry moving from dirty to clean. What is He showing you? How would you describe your THOUGHs? Where is He meeting you today? Psalm 46 is a great place to start.

 

Chris taught this week on “Welcoming Our Weaknesses” – give a listen – you won’t regret it! 

*Taken from LIFT weekly email.