Be Still And Know

Isaiah 53:12 NLT 'I will give him the honours of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.' In today’s world we are fixated with celebrity culture, fascinated by the lives of regular people living irregular lives. We are in danger of concluding that the extraordinary is desirable and attainable. Yet, if Jesus offers a pattern for our lives, we gaze on one about whom “There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected – a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief” (Isaiah 53:2b-3a, NLT). So often we make an assumption that success and significance are joined together. Yet, Jesus reveals significance is living in humble obedience to God. My most recent challenge has been around surrender, offering my body, mind and spirit to God to do whatever he chooses. Success is the degree to which I am happily surrendered to God. It may feel like hum