Tag: Be Still

Be Still

Psalms 46:10 “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God”

The verse of the day on the Bible app I use is Psalms 46:10 and boy, did I need to hear that today. There are so many things scrambling around in my brain at any given time that sometimes I cannot hear the Lord. I go to work and I am bombarded with things I need to do and people I need to help. I get home and there are dishes to wash, clothes to fold, dinner to make and connections to be made with my boys. I have worries about bills and cars and insurance and colleges and, and, and…. Can you relate? It is no wonder I cannot hear the Lord’s gentle voice through all of that.

This is why it is so important to be still. Make time. Carve out a space to hear from the Lord by reading the Word and opening your heart to hear what he is trying to tell you. Romans 10:17 says, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” So make time in your busy day to take a break from this world and make time for Jesus.

I need to take my own advice so this week I am going to set an alarm on my phone to remind me to stop what I am doing and be still. What can you do this week to help you make time to hear the Lord?

Lord, I am busy and burdened by life. But I need you more than I need anything else. Help me to tune out the world and to be still to hear your voice every day. Amen.

Be Still and Linger with Him

Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.

Have you heard the saying by Ralph Waldo Emerson that says, “Life is about the journey, not the destination”?  To me, that means that we should search for joy in the preparation of the journey and savor every event along the way.  We have been on a journey over the past 5 weeks of social distancing and working from home and we have been preparing to return to normal (whatever that may look like).  For me, the preparation and journey has included lots of quiet time, quiet time to be still and to linger with God. 

One of the words God gave me in my heart this year is LINGER. The definition of linger is to stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.  Up until now, it has been hard to be still and linger with God because of the demands of my career and being a mom of 3 teenage boys.  But now I can.  I have found time during this journey to linger with God and to hear from God.  In Job 33:5 it says, “For God does speak – now one way, now another – though man may not perceive it.”

In order for me to hear from the Lord, I need to be still.  I need to tune my ears to Him.  Jesus says in John 10:27, “My sheep listen to my voice, I know them, and they follow me.”   What a sweet time it is to hear His voice over all the other noise that is normally around us.  If we use this time to be still, hear his voice and become familiar with it, then when things go back to “normal”, we will still be able to hear Him.

I do not know where this journey is taking us, but I am making it a point to enjoy the quiet time with my Lord.  I am savoring these moments with Jesus, and I will continue to be still and make time to linger with Him.

Lord, thank you for wanting to spend time with me. Fill me with peace and hope and love so that I may be a blessing to others. Amen.