I am still thinking about what it means to follow Jesus. Especially during times of extreme busyness when it seems there is no time to rest, much less time to consider how to “be” with Jesus.
I sit here looking on my porch during this “hush” time of day when the sun is slanting through the trees, gilding the branches. The sky is blue, and so are the distant mountains. Shadows are beginning to fall. The birdsong is sweet and I ponder that Jesus walks during the cool of the day to seek my company. Am I ready for Him?
I still want to leave everything to follow Jesus—or to wait for Him to come to me.
What does “follow Me” mean? Since last I wrote, my place of work has had annual meetings which means our Staff comes from around the world to strategize and plan for the next year. We do this before the fiscal year end. We have meetings, we host our Staff members in our homes, we go out into the community—it is a very busy time. It’s good for our Staff to be together. We talk, we laugh, we plan, we strategize.
It’s all for God, but somehow, I seem to lose sight of Him when life gets so full and busy. I need these times of waiting for Jesus in the gloaming time of day. My soul needs the refreshment that only He can give. But, I must put myself in the place of being.
Being what? Nothing. Just being. Being available. Being quiet. Being refreshed. Being expectant for what He will do. Being ready for what His plans are for me.
I still want to follow Him with everything. I just don’t know what it means yet. But I can make myself available and ready. Just be. He’ll come and sit by my side and we will look at the beautiful creation He has made in the lovely time of early evening. Just being quiet together.
Sometimes no words are needed.
“He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul,” Psalm 23:2b,3a.
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