A belief nobody would defend out loud but almost everybody acts on, which is that God is more available somewhere quieter. This message walks Psalm 139 and the doctrine that settles it.
ZariahCaribbean & diaspora
Messages
Lamentations 3:23
The First Thing
Awake and Already Behind
Lamentations 3:23
Colossians 2:17
One Hour
An Hour Is Not Something You Earn
Colossians 2:17
Genesis 13:9
No White Space
The One Family Thing I Did Not Go To
Genesis 13:9
Psalm 30:5
The First Thing
The Dread That Arrives Before the Day
Psalm 30:5
Numbers 11:14
No White Space
Stepping Off a Rotation Without Leaving
Numbers 11:14
Exodus 14:14
The Noise
What Be Still Actually Commands
Exodus 14:14
Exodus 20:9
One Hour
The Week Was Built With Room in It
Exodus 20:9
Psalm 139:7
The Noise
He Is Not Somewhere Quieter Than Here
Psalm 139:7
Luke 24:29
Carrying Hurry
Arriving at the Speed of the Road
Luke 24:29
Matthew 14:23
One Hour
Every Hour Already Has a Name on It
Matthew 14:23
Genesis 5:24
Carrying Hurry
The Pace of the One You Walk With
Genesis 5:24
Luke 14:13
No White Space
The Table That Never Closes
Luke 14:13
Luke 10:34
Carrying Hurry
The One Who Stopped When It Cost Him
Luke 10:34
Psalm 62:1
The Noise
Two Minutes of Being Unavailable
Psalm 62:1
Exodus 34:21
Cannot Sit Still
Stopping While the Work Is Not Done
Exodus 34:21
Proverbs 17:27
Saying No
The Pause Right After You Say It
Proverbs 17:27
Mark 6:31
No White Space
He Left a Crowd That Still Had Needs in It
Mark 6:31
Proverbs 3:28
Saying No
The Message I Have Not Answered in Six Weeks
Proverbs 3:28
Psalm 37:7
Cannot Sit Still
Sitting Without Making It a Practice
Psalm 37:7
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Carrying Hurry
Hurry Carried Into the Room Where God Is
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Galatians 1:10
No White Space
The Thing I Kept Because It Made Me Wanted
Galatians 1:10
Psalm 23:2
One Hour
One Hour That Is Nobody's
Psalm 23:2
Psalm 118:24
The First Thing
The Weather and the News Before My Boots
Psalm 118:24
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Cannot Sit Still
Five Minutes With Nothing in Your Hands
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Numbers 30:2
Saying No
What a Yes Actually Is
Numbers 30:2
John 19:30
Cannot Sit Still
Still Working on a Finished Thing
John 19:30
Ecclesiastes 2:24
One Hour
An Hour Spent on Nothing
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Exodus 31:17
Cannot Sit Still
He Rested When Nothing Was Wrong
Exodus 31:17
Isaiah 26:3
The Noise
Three Conversations Going at Once
Isaiah 26:3
James 1:17
One Hour
An Hour That Was Given, Not Taken
James 1:17
John 20:19
Carrying Hurry
The First Three Seconds of a Room
John 20:19
John 12:2
Cannot Sit Still
The Host Who Eats Standing Up
John 12:2
Psalm 5:3
The First Thing
One Sentence Before the First Screen
Psalm 5:3
Exodus 18:18
No White Space
Somebody With Authority Said It Is Too Heavy
Exodus 18:18
Psalm 143:8
The First Thing
Put It on the Far Side of the Room
Psalm 143:8
1 Kings 19:12
The Noise
A Place That Has Never Once Been Quiet
1 Kings 19:12
Daniel 1:12
Saying No
Declining at Work Without Refusing to Serve
Daniel 1:12
Isaiah 50:4
The First Thing
Something Other Than the Day's Demands
Isaiah 50:4
Matthew 19:14
The Noise
The Noise Is Small Children
Matthew 19:14
Genesis 2:2
Cannot Sit Still
Before Anybody Had Earned It
Genesis 2:2
Matthew 6:34
No White Space
Eleven Good Things and a Rule for Picking
Matthew 6:34
Matthew 5:37
Saying No
No Is a Whole Sentence
Matthew 5:37
Isaiah 28:16
Carrying Hurry
The Pace You Bring Through the Door
Isaiah 28:16
1 Thessalonians 2:4
Saying No
Disappointing Somebody Who Was Kind to Me
1 Thessalonians 2:4
Psalm 63:1
The First Thing
The Morning That Starts Before I Do
Psalm 63:1
James 5:12
Saying No
No, Once, Plainly, and Nothing After It
James 5:12
Mark 1:35
The First Thing
Whoever Books the First Minutes Keeps Them
Mark 1:35
Romans 12:18
Saying No
The Family Ask You Cannot Refuse
Romans 12:18
Psalm 133:1
The Noise
A Full House That Is Not Going to Change
Psalm 133:1
Romans 8:1
Cannot Sit Still
Guilt Stands Me Back Up
Romans 8:1
Habakkuk 2:3
Carrying Hurry
Reading God's Pace as Lateness
Habakkuk 2:3
Isaiah 43:1
The First Thing
Waking Up to a Verdict
Isaiah 43:1
Luke 5:16
One Hour
An Hour No Guest Has a Claim On
Luke 5:16
Isaiah 32:17
Carrying Hurry
A Pace Nobody Asked For
Isaiah 32:17
Proverbs 3:9
The First Thing
The First of It, Not the Leftovers
Proverbs 3:9
Colossians 4:6
Saying No
The Excuse That Made It Worse
Colossians 4:6
Job 2:13
Carrying Hurry
A Visit With a Length in My Head
Job 2:13
Luke 4:43
Saying No
A Good Work That Was Not Mine to Do
Luke 4:43
Proverbs 6:5
No White Space
The Yes I Gave a Year in Advance
Proverbs 6:5
Psalm 116:7
One Hour
Returning to a Rest You Left Years Ago
Psalm 116:7
Luke 10:41
No White Space
Not One Empty Square
Luke 10:41
1 Corinthians 10:23
Saying No
Saying No to Something I Would Love
1 Corinthians 10:23
Psalm 131:2
The Noise
Two Minutes Without Fixing Anything
Psalm 131:2
Ecclesiastes 3:6
No White Space
The Commitment That Outlived Its Reason
Ecclesiastes 3:6
Mark 2:27
Cannot Sit Still
A Stopping Made for You
Mark 2:27
Nehemiah 6:3
One Hour
Defended Once, and That Was Enough
Nehemiah 6:3
Deuteronomy 6:7
The First Thing
Before My Feet Touch the Floor
Deuteronomy 6:7
Galatians 5:1
One Hour
Not Another Thing to Fail At
Galatians 5:1
Exodus 16:23
No White Space
The Gap That Got Filled in Four Hours
Exodus 16:23
Proverbs 4:23
The First Thing
What Four Minutes Actually Sets
Proverbs 4:23
Psalm 127:2
Cannot Sit Still
The List Is in the Room With Me
Psalm 127:2
Matthew 11:28
One Hour
An Hour When Everybody Depends on You
Matthew 11:28
Mark 4:39
The Noise
Waiting for the Room to Go Quiet
Mark 4:39
Hebrews 4:10
Cannot Sit Still
Rest You Enter, Not Rest You Earn
Hebrews 4:10
Psalm 8:3
One Hour
An Hour Where Nobody Knows Where You Are
Psalm 8:3
Isaiah 30:15
Cannot Sit Still
Sitting Down Reads as Available
Isaiah 30:15
Acts 6:4
Saying No
Handing It to Somebody Else
Acts 6:4
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Carrying Hurry
Through My Own Front Door
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Acts 16:25
The Noise
Praying Out Loud Where Somebody Can Hear
Acts 16:25
James 1:19
Carrying Hurry
Finishing Other People's Sentences
James 1:19
Philippians 4:8
The Noise
The List That Runs While You Sit
Philippians 4:8
Mark 5:30
Carrying Hurry
Stopping for the One Not on the Errand
Mark 5:30
Psalm 46:10
The Noise
Be Still in a House That Will Not Be
Psalm 46:10
Psalm 90:12
No White Space
Count the Hours You Actually Have
Psalm 90:12