What jumped out to me were the statements about living life as it comes each day, but do I seek Him or not throughout each day? Am I learning from my experiences, from observing what is happening in the world? Am I learning to learn from my mistakes and lack of attention? I wonder how much is my life has missed the fire of His presence merely because I have been driven to do what is the right thing to do. I can’t go back, but I want to have open eyes and ears to the wisdom He wants to pour into our lives, that we may love Him deeply. Instead of being self driven to do what I think is right, I want to listen to His call.
“It’s the “If only I could understand this or that, then I’d be secure” way of living. But it never works. In your most brilliant moment, you will still be left with mystery in your life; sometimes even painful mystery. We all face things that appear to make little sense and don’t seem to serve any good purpose. So rest is never found in the quest to understand it all. No, rest is found in trusting the One who understands it all and rules it all for his glory and our good. Few passages capture that rest better than Psalm 62:5–7: “For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.” In moments when you wish you knew what you can’t know, there is rest to be found. There is One who knows. He loves you and rules what you don’t understand with your good in mind.” - Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
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