The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14
The world gives itself
up to incessant activity
merely because
it knows nothing
better.
The inspired man
works among
its whirring wheels
also, but he knows
wither the wheels
are going.
For he has found
the centre
where all is
stillness.
Paul Brunton in Celtic Daily Prayer (New York: Harper Collins, 2002) 303.
As servants of God, we can give ourselves to incessant activity, trying to advance our purposes or aiming to control our destiny. Or, we can take another path, an inspired one, which leads to peace and generosity. Why? How? When we know and trust the One is is in control and who fights for us, we can rest. Despite difficulty, even Covid, we can have peace and we can bless others with the blessings we receive. The Lord is with us in the center, the eye of the hurricane. He fights for us. We need only be still.
Come to our aid Lord, we who suffer. Our hope is in You all day long.