Originally posted November 16, 2018 ·
QUIET THE VOICES
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
That was a joke in an email, it but didn’t seem so funny when I read it. In fact, I wasn’t funny at all…
How many of us can’t repair what is going on in our soul, so we make life louder to drown out the voices in our heads?
“Just stay busy…”
“Onward and upward…”
“We’ll rest when we die,,,”
“Just keep swimming…”
“Everything is awesome…”
Heard any of those lately? I have found myself using these phrases without even thinking about an event or task beforehand. Some have become habit. But really, does this always work? Not only do we get busier. add more problems, and live life at a faster, more frantic pace, but we also get a huge headache. Turning up the volume to life will not quiet the voices in our heads that tell us:
“You’re not enough,”
“You messed up…”
“If only you had…”
satan likes to use voices in our heads to keep us drowning in guilt when it comes to our past. There are SO many things I look back and wish I had done or wish I hadn’t done. But the fact of the matter is, I can’t. The past is the past, and I can’t change one thing. It is what it is, and I have to depend on Jesus to use it as He will.
So today, I want to do the only thing I can to stop the frantic pace I’ve been keeping… SIT AT JESUS’ feet and ask Him to quiet the voices of guilt and worry and replace them with sweet whispers of who He truly is, and Whose I am.
LORD, this morning I ask You to quiet the voices in my head telling me things contrary to Your Word. Remind me that I’ve done the best I know how, and I cannot change the past. Forgive me for times I have dismissed the voice of the Holy Spirit and did my own thing. Take away the guilt these voices have convinced me I should carry with me at all times. Remind me who I am in You. Help me remember I was made with love and care by the Creator of the entire universe, and YOU LOVE ME, OH HOW YOU LOVE ME!!! When these voices rise in my head, remind me to replace them with Your Word. Lift my face to listen for Your voice and dismiss the thoughts and voices that do not belong in my mind. Take this headache and replace it with something beautiful. Amen
***Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a STILL SMALL VOICE. 1 Kings 19:11-12
ON THE PORCH 