We Can Rest Now - Bigfoot Found!

Psalm 139 reminds us of the God who brings peace in the midst of anxiety, who shines the light of truth into the lies that cause us to fear:
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 

If we inject God's truth into a situation, even something that we construct in our minds, based on anxiety, the presence of His Word brings peace and hope - so often we think on the wrong things, and it causes us to be fearful and we get off track in our walk with Christ - as His truth, His light exposes our incorrect thinking, we can be better equipped to reflect His nature and walk closer to Him.

Philippians 4 addresses the antidote to anxiety:
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


The legendary beast known as "Bigfoot" has been found in some woods near Elliston, Montana - or so it seems, or...well, it was called a "Bigfoot" hunt, and someone dressed in a Bigfoot costume was discovered.   OK, it was good fun for hundreds of people in pursuit of a $150 bounty.

327 "hunters" trudged through snow in a 10-acre patch of woods for an hour and 20 minutes, the longest search in the history of the event, before someone finally blew their whistle announcing that Bigfoot had been found.   Cathleen Dobson, a member of the National Guard in nearby Helena, was this year's victor. She found Bigfoot — that is, John Peskey, a 6-foot-2 high school orchestra teacher dressed in a costume - nestled in a willow thicket near the back of the property, according to Fox News, which said that "No actual mythical beasts were harmed during the annual Elliston's Bigfoot Hunt."


So over 300 people shining their flashlights through a 10-acre wood for a costumed character - a bizarre way to spend an evening, no doubt.   For years, the sasquatch has been the stuff of legend, but while sightings of such characters appear from time to time, the creature has not really been corralled.

So it is with some mythical entities in our own lives.   We are often held captive by fears of events that will never come to pass.   We are haunted by numerous thoughts that make their way into our consciousness, and we even act on those false presuppositions.   Jesus asked why do we worry, Paul told us to "Be anxious for nothing", but yet worries about things that will never come to pass keep us in bondage.    The Lord desires for us to shine the light of truth into the false realities that we manufacture for ourselves, as we dwell on those fears that the enemy would want to use to render us unproductive for the kingdom.   As we follow the Biblical instruction to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, we replace the fearful lies of the enemy with the peace-bringing truth found in God's Word.