Be Still and Know...

At one point in my life, I was presented this verse in a wall hanging by one who

knows me well and heeded the prompting of the Holy Spirit to share with me

what would become THE most repeated lesson for me to learn in my life:

 



 

 

When she gave that verse to me, it did not mean as much then as it does today.

Being still was not part of my vocabulary.

I was one who 'made things happen'.

I was one who could manage and direct and correct and do.

I was one who found it hard to sit still and wait

when things needed to be done or when things weren't right.

 

But God has His ways of asking for that which is most precious to us.

Or things that He knows are not in our best interest if we truly want

to have Him be the center of our lives.

 

So repeatedly I have been put into situations where I have

had to be still and know that He is God...

 

From being married to a man who is godly and kind but

very cautious and thinks through things from many angles

before he FINALLY makes a decision...

(and very few times has his decision ended badly whereas

if I would have gotten to choose and decide, my

decisions could have resulted in disaster and heartache!)

 

to being put in a desert of fellowship at different times

in order that I might know HIM only and not be

distracted or dependent on people to fill the place that

only He can fill...

 

to wanting to reach goals that I have

but He has said "Wait, and go at my bidding"...

 

I can honestly say that when the heart is truly broken,

that is the time when being still comes much, much more easily

than when we still hold onto bits and pieces of 'me'

and insist that we need 'me' in order to truly be successful or happy.

 

My encouragement to us all today is to

Be still and know that He is God.

Go into the secret places and abide under the shadow of His wings.

Talk to Him. Not just when you kneel down to pray but

talk to Him when you are driving or out walking or

in the shower or combing your hair

or even when you lie down on your bed at night and

are not yet asleep.

 

Be still and know that He is God.

Let's not assume we know His will for us

and charge ahead in it without confirmation from above.

Being still requires me to lay it all down at His feet

AND LEAVE IT THERE.

If it comes back to haunt me daily, then I choose

to lay it down again, seeking (sometimes in bitter tears)

to know Him and to walk in His Way through life.

 

But all the while we cry and we sometimes walk in dark valleys,

holding to His hand is an action that comes from

being still and knowing that He is God.

It is me saying,

"I don't understand life right now,

but I claim every last promise You have spoken,

LORD,

and know that You will never forsake your own.

I choose to walk uprightly and leave the

details of my life to You."

 

Being still also needs to happen when we are on the

mountain top or in a little cove of the journey,

resting after hard labor and sweat and toil.

Being still in the sunny glades is so important because

it says that

I am NOTHING and can do NOTHING

without my Father,

just like Jesus.

 

Be still...

and know that He is God.

 

Blessings to all,

Marcia