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‘Finding Rest’ (continued)

Psalm 131:2 says: ‘I am humbled and quieted in Your presence. Like a contented child who rests on its mother’s lap, I’m Your resting child and my soul is content in You’ (TPT).

As I worked from home with the doors open, I would notice the different voices of birdsong. I learnt to tell the difference between a pigeon, a blackbird, a sparrow and a parakeet.

Eventually, I was able to navigate the stairs on crutches. My progress was laboured and slow going as I purposefully fixed my attention on every step. Through this, I’ve learnt to be truly present.

Watching the cat sleep peacefully beside me, I would thank God for my little companion. I now read the Bible with new insight, pondering on the words and the message, and giving thanks for the Holy Spirit who brings life and revelation.

I’ve discovered that the sun doesn’t go away just because it’s behind a cloud, that vulnerability is powerful as we admit our weaknesses and allow God and others to step in, and that you can be in a room with someone and miss them completely when you’re busy or distracted.

I realise afresh that God made me for Himself. Any ‘works’ I do in His name, although important, are only effective if they’re based on my intimacy with Him. If I don’t have time for that, then I am getting it all wrong.

Psalm 46:10 tells us, ‘Be still and know I am God’ and I thank God for how He has revealed Himself again to me in this season of rest and that what He has done in me is becoming rooted and strong, even as life gets busy again.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS THOSE YOU KNOW. BELOW IS A GUIDE TO HELP YOU GET STARTED.

Lord, I pray for isolated people cut off from vital support, family and community, specifically for:

— Families whose mothers or fathers are absent or unengaged

— Those following false beliefs and chasing false hopes

— New believers who need someone to come alongside them in their journey of faith

Pray for THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING

Thank you, God, for everyone who belongs to You. We pray that those who are struggling with illness or disability will experience Your presence, peace and healing.

Pray for MAF PERSONNEL

Thank you, Lord, for MAF staff serving overseas and in the UK. May they be aware of Your leading, Your guiding and Your continual presence, despite life’s challenges.

Pray for…

Anyone you know personally who is seeking the Lord but hasn’t found Him yet. Ask God to put someone on your heart to pray for.

You may wish to write down your prayer so you can remember it.

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Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is the world’s largest humanitarian air operator. For over 75 years we have been flying light aircraft over jungles, mountains, swamps and deserts. We enable more than 1,400 aid, development and mission organisations to bring medical care, emergency relief and long-term development. Our pilots and personnel deliver relief workers, doctors, pastors, school books, food, medicines - everything that can only be safely and speedily delivered by air. Our faithful supporters give and pray to make this all possible.