Psalm
46:10 – “Be still and know I am God.”
Be still means
take your hands off! Relax! Be still is connected to the word Rapha, from the Hebrew (the Lord my
healer), meaning to let go, leave matters with God, or to surrender without the
anxiety of the matter. There are three
enemies to stillness: the world, the flesh, and the enemy.
Be still is an
invitation to stop frantic activity, to relax and acknowledge Who God is. It
serves as an act of worship and as a weapon of warfare in times of difficulty.
It means to be still until He is
Lord, and we are not.
Charles Spurgeon wrote that to be still is to wait in patience with a
caution against murmuring and complaining, to stop striving and realize God’s
power. Simply, relax and trust God. Spurgeon
said, “Those who do not hope cannot wait.”
The Hebrew word for wait is tiqvah, meaning to hope. Psalm 62:5 states, “Let all that I am wait quietly before
God, for my hope is in Him.” We can wait quietly because our confidence is in
God. This confidence is hope. Being still
encourages us to hope and to trust in God and His power as providence.
Psalm 130:5 states, “I wait for
the Lord, my whole being waits and in His word I put my hope.” Waiting is calm
worship and faith, resting in His greatness and submitting to His will. Isaiah
40:31 states, “But those that wait
on (or trust in) the Lord will find new strength (or hope).
God is in the waiting. Psalm 40:1
states, “I waited patiently for the Lord to help me and He turned to me and
heard my cry.” The gap between what we see and what we hope for is called
faith. Faith brings our hope into
reality. If we wait we are actually showing our trust is in Him. In the waiting
we exchange our weakness for His power.
Taking time to be still makes
you whole and rejuvenates your
spirit, soul, and body.
Be still with the Word! Be still in worship! Relax!
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