Be Still And Know
What Does It Mean to “Be Still and Know?”
We can find the answer in Psalm 46.
YHWH speaks through His Word to His covenant people throughout the ages.
With Christ as Our Savior and, by His death and resurrection, we are now His covenant people.
Here’s just a portion of this beautiful psalm of peace and praise written for the younger sons of Korah.
We can have peace knowing that God is our fortress and that He is “with us.”
The God who moves mountains
Who created the smallest and the largest living organisms
The God who created you and me
No problem, whether emotional, physical, or spiritual, is too big for our God. If we will learn to take refuge in Him and lean on Him alone for strength, then with the psalmist we can face the most extreme crises with quiet confidence, because God is with us and He is sufficient. – Steven J. Cole, author and theologian.2
God allows troubles, frustrations, and hardships in our lives.
Minor molehills to sky-high mountains.
But we have to trust and take our refuge in Him.
“Quiet confidence”
“Be still”
That’s hard sometimes, isn’t it?
In our quiet moments of prayer, we want everything fixed in our timing.
We may seek out Christian friends, perhaps a Christian counselor – all of whom can be helpful and supportive through the rocky journeys we may be experiencing, but ultimately, God is our strength.
Don’t Lose Heart – We Will See Eternal Restoration
Referencing Isaiah 40, Pastor Mike Fabarez reminds us that some day, at the appointed time, the Glory of the Lord will be revealed. He is the Restorer of all things.
No matter where in the world we are at that time, we will all see it.
That should give us confidence that our Lord is a keeper of promises and everything wrong going on will be made right.
Count on Him!
“Have you read the news? Things are not as they ought to be – in the world, in the country, in our state, in our county, probably not in your home and certainly not in our lives. It’s broken and it’s painful and it’s frustrating, and I recognize that. But, as Christians, we don’t lose heart because the mouth of the Lord has spoken, and we understand what He says and we believe what He says and we have confidence in what He says and He’s proved that He can do what He has promised. As a matter of fact, when we study the gospels, we recognize that Jesus assures us of an absolute permanent fix to all things, an eternal restoration of all things.”– Dr. Mike Fabarez, pastor and teaching minister.3
Be Still and Know That I Am God
If you haven’t yet heard Steven Curtis Chapman sing “Be Still and Know”, you’re in for a real treat.
It’s simply beautiful.
This is the song I listen to before I start my Bible study every day.
I hope it blesses you as much as it blesses me.
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1 Scripture quotation is from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
2Steven J. Cole quotation, courtesy of bible.org, from the series “Psalms.” n.d. 1993. para. 9. Web. Accessed 3 January, 2020. Retrieved from https://bible.org/seriespage/psalm-46-our-sufficient-god.
