A quiet life. The Bible says ” make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to do your own business, to work with your own hands, in 1st Thessolonians 4. To live peaceably with all men even so much as it is up to you. To be still, and to know that He is God. This is a worthy goal and the best sort of existence, but it’s becoming increasingly more difficult with the vast amount of knowledge available to us, to live a quiet life, a peaceful life.
To be quiet, to have a meek and quiet spirit is of great price in the eyes of God. What does it mean to be quiet? The King James Biblical dictionary defines quiet to be still, at rest, immovable, at peace, undisturbed and untroubled, and void of offense towards others. This requires discipline in this age of electronic media and communication, but also a decision must be made to not ” react” to all the chaos and craziness that our world can throw at us. In the day in which we live one is quite challenged to mind their own business. Social media, news media, has inundated us with so much information that if we take it all in and let it weigh us down, our quiet peace will soon evaporate. The little instrument we all carry, the information super highway at our fingertips known as an iphone threatens any quietness from ever settling in for very long. It takes a considerable amount of effort to simply put it away and listen to the sound of the clock ticking, or the birds outside, or the stillness of our own surroundings.
The Lord intended to give us life and that more abundantly. A quiet habitation where all our paths are peace. This can happen but we must shut our eyes and ears to all electronic devices and the noise of the world’s voice clammoring to get into our minds, and learn to feast on silence, the Creator, and the simplicity of nature as well as our own business that God has given us to do.
It doesn’t sound too bad does it? A quiet life, once you get use to it, you may never return to all the ruckus outside your quiet place ever again.
Sarah Hopkins Art 