Devotional for Tuesday, October 16, 2018
“Calm and Trusting”
by Dona Hake
“Only by remaining calm and trusting in me can you be strong.”Isaiah 30:15 – ERV
~Calm~. A place of quietness, to be tranquil, to be still, free from excitement or passion. Calm implies an unruffled state, especially under disturbing conditions.
As we choose to be calm and trust rather than permit the unseen “whatever’s” to agitate and create turmoil within our hearts, we will be strong. The same Jesus that stood up in the boat with His disciples, and spoke, “Be still!” lives within us. He spoke to the storm and the raging sea and everything came to complete stillness and calm. May we also speak to to our own souls in times of circumstances around us that seem to be a raging storm in our life.
I encourage you to call upon Him in those opportunities in which we can choose either to be agitated and moved by circumstances or rather be calmed by the hand of our Lord as we trust Him with all of our heart.