A STILLING

A STILLING
With the eye fixed on him let all unbelieving thoughts be stilled—Treasury of David.

I sat in the soft morning light as I read Psalm 37. David wrote of trusting, dwelling, cultivating faithfulness, delighting in the Lord, committing to the Lord. When I came to verse 7, I stopped. It seemed the Lord had underlined these words and they stood out. I read them again.
"Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him..."
I am not always very good at waiting. I often find my heart tapping its foot impatiently. Waiting patiently is not easy. I am facing circumstances that I want to see the other side of. Hmmmm...what does it mean to rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him in light of these circumstances?  I turned to the Treasury of David and read the commentary concerning verse 7 and it called it "A stilling of unbelief." I thought about that. If I was fretting about the outcome then I wasn't trusting the Lord to work through these circumstances for His glory--even if they didn't conclude the way I wanted them to. "A stilling of unbelief--a resting patience in the Lord. I recalled the cry of a man whose son was tormented by a demon. I turned to Mark 9:23-24 and read out loud.

"And Jesus said to him, 'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." I thought about the heart cry of that father. He was asking Jesus to "still" his unbelief. I returned to my circumstances and looked at them every which way and suddenly knew I needed to let go of them. Stop fretting. I talked to the Lord about it. "Lord, all things are possible to you. Your ways are not my ways and Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts. I trust You to work these things out for Your glory according to Your sovereign will. I believe. Help my unbelief. Help me to rest in You.

Notice the commentator began with the eye fixed on Him...  Hebrews 12:2 tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.  The man in Mark 9 directed his cry to Jesus and I believe his eyes were fixed on the One to whom he was speaking and not on the crowd or even on the disciples but on Jesus.  Whatever you are facing today, fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith.  Wait patiently on the Lord.  Cry out to Him, "I believe.  Still my unbelief."