Steve Sylvester - July 13, 2025
Unquiet Minds
Today we begin our second summer series: “Be still and know that I am God.” Remember when you were young, coming up out of the pool with water in your ear that you couldn’t shake out? For as long as that water was in there, the voices of people around you were dull and hollow, making them difficult to understand. Adam and Eve, the archetypes of our humanity, experienced a similar thing. The desire to be like God was so stuck in their minds–and their hearts–that they could not be still and hear God’s voice.
Scripture References: Genesis 3:1-13
From Series: "Be Still and Know That I Am God"
As followers of Jesus, we are called to tune out the cacophony and busyness around us and within us in order to be still in God’s presence and listen. This is especially true for Prince of Peace during this “interim” time. Who exactly are we? Who is God calling us to be, and what is God calling us to do? And how do we listen for and really hear God’s word of grace and forgiveness in order to live faithfully and with confidence instead of tentatively and with fear, as individuals and as a community of faith?