This is the way, walk ye in it (Isa 30:21)

Sometimes in the struggle of life it pays to stop struggling. In repentance and rest you will be saved. In quietness and trust is your strength (Isa 30:15). Like an animal caught in a trap, struggling merely tightens the snare. Sometimes we must “cease striving and know that he is God.” (Psa 46:10) What does this rest look like? Perhaps it is to stop all of our planning and scheming and simply wait on the Lord to change our circumstances or to change our hearts. Perhaps it is to focus on the daily task of living and leave the future in the hands of the Lord. Stop obsessing about a problem and live one day at a time (Mat 6:34).