In Quietness

Thank you for your ongoing intercession on behalf of Greenhouse. We appreciate your doing the work of prayer as we seek the Lord’s favor.

This month, please pray for the members of the board. Their governance role is important as they seek to safeguard the mission of Greenhouse and discern how the Lord is leading into the future. Ask the Lord to prepare new people to join the Board in the months ahead, as several veteran members reach the end of their terms.

In the church calendar, Advent is a season in which God’s people prepare their hearts to celebrate Christ’s first coming and anticipate His second coming. We must step outside the frenzied currents of our culture, if we are to gather some moments of solitude. It takes great intentionality to be quiet in our day. Listen to the Lord’s rebuke of the obstinate nation in Isaiah’s prophecy.

 Isaiah 30:15 (NIV)

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.”

During this Advent season, contemplate whether you resist the rest and quietness to which He calls us. Are there places where you need to repent, turn about? Are there ways in which you are looking to yourself for strength, rather than trusting in the Lord? Searching questions, asked in quietness, can reveal our neediness and prepare our hearts for the Lord. May it be so for all of us!