{"id":4707,"date":"2021-11-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:49:02","slug":"how-god-dropping-the-mic-will-make-you-find-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/01\/how-god-dropping-the-mic-will-make-you-find-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"How God Dropping the Mic Will Make You Find Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Ezekiel 17-18 GW<\/a>; Psalms 24 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rest is God\u2019s mic drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David is our speaker today; he\u2019s talking about God\u2019s sovereignty.  Everything on the earth is God\u2019s; He controls the wind and the rains.  David ends the psalm with my word for this year, \u201cSelah<\/a>,\u201d which means to pause for reflection, resting.  Found only 71 times in the Psalms, the placement after David\u2019s exclamation did make me pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is in control, period.  No ifs, and, or buts about God\u2019s sovereignty.  We are not the ones running the world; God is.  Definitely a good place for a mic drop, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my daily tasks on my phone reminds me to stop and listen.  Selah. Defining Rest in an Age of Productivity<\/a> is the Youversion<\/a> reading plan where I found these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSelah: stop and listen.  Man\u2019s blessing didn\u2019t come from what he produced; rather, what he produced stemmed from his blessing.  Let that blessing fuel your work so that striving ceases and what you produce comes out of a place of rest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop striving and start resting.  Let God\u2019s mic drop impact your life.  You don\u2019t have to control everything; it\u2019s not on your job description.  As my therapist likes to remind me, my job isn\u2019t to save the world; that\u2019s God\u2019s work.  My mission on earth is the same every day, love God, love others.  Only by resting in God can I accomplish my goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transitioning this year from graduate school into a new career was difficult for me.  For the first time in my life, I didn\u2019t rush into the \u201cnext thing.\u201d  Instead, I did the best  I could to let God do the leading.  Patience isn\u2019t my virtue, but after this year, it\u2019s better than ever.  What I find is I\u2019m talking less and listening more, both with God and people.  I\u2019m becoming better at having uncomfortable conversations that lead to healthier relationships.  And I\u2019m writing because I know that\u2019s what God created me to do.  Each morning I ask Him to let the words flow.  So far, so God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rest is God\u2019s mic drop.  Selah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for controlling the world and removing that burden from us.  Forgive us for trying anyway.  Help us today; rest in You.  Let Your mic drop change our lives.  IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you stop and listen to God today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Ezekiel 17-18 GW; Psalms 24 GW Rest is God\u2019s mic drop. David is our speaker today; he\u2019s talking about God\u2019s sovereignty.  Everything on the earth is God\u2019s; He controls the wind and the rains.  David ends the psalm with my word for this year, \u201cSelah,\u201d which means to pause for… Continue reading How God Dropping the Mic Will Make You Find Rest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4818,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707\/revisions\/4818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}