Day 3 - Week 87 - Psalms 23:2 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters."

From The Presbyterian Psalter:

My faithful Shepherd is the Lord, supplying all my needs; In pastures green He makes me rest, by quiet waters leads.

And quoting from William Evans:

It is generally recognized as being a very difficult thing to get God's people to thus lie down.  They will run, walk, fight, sing, teach, preach, work, in a word do almost anything and everything except seek seasons of quiet and periods of retirement for secret communion with God and quiet soul nurture...We do not like pauses...from the rush into the hush (to which) Jesus calls us.
 

It's true, isn't it?  I'm experiencing a time when God is forcing me to stop...to just stop...and seek Him.  There is nothing else that I can do right now except...stop.  And you know what, when we do stop and allow ourselves to be stilled, God always provides the place to do just that.   A place of provision and a place of peacefulness. 

I know my Shepherd will soon ask me to get up and get moving, but today I am trying to pay attention to His hushing and to hear His quiet voice of assurance.