In Ann Voskamp’s study guide waymaker she uses an acronym — SACRED. S is for Stillness to Know God. On page 27 of her study guide, Ann writes the following.
“Right now is a chance to quiet your soul, to stop striving or hiding, to let yourself be found in relationship to where God is, right here. Be still and let God find you, like He found the Israelites on the edge of the Red Sea. The obstacle will be the miracle. Be still and be here, right here with God.”
What is the Red Sea, the seemingly insurmountable, uncrossable, too hard to circumvent obstacle in your way today?
As I was still before and with God, this is what I wrote as His letter to me. As you read it, take time to to be still and consider what He has to say to you.
My beloved, precious child, Let go. Let me work for you, in you, through you. Remember the words of my son Jesus in John 12:24. A seed kernel, buried in the soil, is broken and dies to produce much more life. So it is with you. Allow me to show you and guide you in this process. Lean into me. I know life can be hard. Weep with me for what is lost. Your tears water the seed. Hope with me for what is to come — rebirth, renewal, new life, new harvest. Embrace the rhythms and seasons of life. Each one passes and I am in them all. I am with you. Allow me to be your strength, your wisdom. I am holding you, sustaining you. Weeping, letting go, rejoicing, growing, taking hold, being still — I do life, all of it, with you. We are together always for I am with you always (Matthew 28:20). Love eternally, God