09/01/2020
Psalm 46:10
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
We no longer have the rush of early mornings out the door, afternoon carpools and playdates, evening extracurriculars and weekend plans. Sunday services happen whenever we hit play on our laptops while we lounge on pillows and couches in the living room.
Our world has been forced to be still.
Dealing with massive change, navigating the unexpected and facing unknowns ahead have left us stressed and anxious. We are dealing with disappointment and grief as well: missing once-in-a-lifetime graduations, trips and weddings and separated from loved ones and community.
What does it mean to be still and know I am God?
The instruction to be still in Hebrew means to let go, stop striving, slacken and let drop.
It’s a picture of loosening our clenched grip on the circumstances and outcome and trusting God who’s sovereign over both.
I’m the first to admit that being still goes against my instinct. We are fixers. We want to make it happen and just keep pushing through.
But the call to be still is a call to surrender.
It means giving up the myth of control to depend wholly on God.
Regardless of the circumstances that swirl around us, we can still our hearts to worship, pray, remember, thank and watch.
