Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
There is one phrase I heard more than any other during my early elementary school days and that was, “SIT STILL TOMMY!” I had a difficult time staying in my seat and when I was in my seat, much of the time I was fidgeting. So, when I first encountered today’s verse, I just assumed God was telling me to ‘SIT STILL’ not ‘BE STILL’ and there is a world of gospel difference between the two.
I understand now how I would drive my teachers a bit crazy because I was in constant motion throughout the school day. I was a distraction to them and to the other students from time to time. But this is not true in my relationship with God. I am never a distraction in God’s cosmic classroom. I never frustrate God and He never grows impatient with me, no matter how much my fidgeting interferes with my focus. But because I am His, and you see how distracted I can become on the inside, you remind me to ‘BE STILL.’
God is reminding the psalmist then and us today to rest in our redemption no matter what is going on around us. This is a call to trust in God even when we cannot trace Him. To know God is in complete control of everything that is going on in every aspect of our lives is “to know that I am God.” Because our God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, we can surrender to His plan and purpose for our lives because He knows exactly what He is doing all the time, even when we cannot understand any of it.
Even today, I still have trouble “sitting still.” But I am growing in my ability to ‘BE STILL’ no matter what is going on in life. Knowing that there is indeed a God and I am not Him has been the key to being still even when I am not sitting still. Can I get a witness?
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 