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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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