Not Moved

But none of these things move me.

Acts 20:24

I have been camping on this Scripture recently.

I so want to be one who is immovable.

I am learning the difference between 

responding to life's joys and challenges

with real thoughts and emotions 

and being immovable in my posture of trust.

Being immovable doesn't mean that

I won't be moved in a general sense.

It does mean that I won't move out of peace.

The Lord has been speaking 

about peace everywhere I go.

A marvelous word has stirred my heart.

Psalm 45:1

The word "peace" has been stirring my heart.

When the Lord is stirring our hearts 

with His marvelous word,

the enemy attempts to

stir our hearts with its opposite.

It seems every time I am in a conversation

either with the Lord or with others about peace,

something will pop up within moments

to bring anxiety, worry, or fear.

Sometimes subtle and sometimes in my face.

The enemy has pointed out that I am 

not good at keeping unmovable.

But God has assured me that 

it has little to do with emotion

and everything to do with posture.

He has been assuring me that 

He doesn't care if I bob on choppy waters.

He cares whether I trust the anchor, 

knowing it will not let me move 

beyond the tug of His reach.

He is helping me be unmovable

in trust, in faith, in love.

 

Be still my heart and know.

Know that God is ever present, 

ever caring, ever watching.

Know that His goodness knows no bounds

and His mercy is everlasting.

As I meditate on these things,

the anchor holds me firmly in place.

A little bobbing on choppy waters

is just a normal response to 

the winds of life that rush through.

A marvelous word is stirring my heart.

It is His word of peace.

I will not be moved.

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