I am not often still. At home I am always doing something. Working in the yard, working on my job, cleaning, playing with kids. Even in recent times when I am feeding my newborn, I find myself creating to do list or rearranging furniture in my mind. I take moments that I could be still and look stuff up on the Internet or like this moment, I blog or check facebook. I don't take the time to be still and to be honest, it is just hard for me to be still. I have to be doing something, right?
Last week I was weeding my flower garden and wondering where all the time goes. My husband and I have had moments lately where we feel we have way to much to do and not enough time to do it all. How do we fit time for each other, time for our kids, time for our church, time with God, time for our home, time for work, and time to sleep in to a day. Like a whisper I heard "be still". I thought, how can I be still, I have so much to do. But over and over I just heard "be still".
I believe God was answering my question. In Psalm 46:10 he says, "Be still, and know I am God." I will know him better and my relationship with him will deepen by volunteering at church, by teaching my kids about him, reading my Bible, going to church and prayer. My marriage will be better when I take time to nourish it, my kids will benefit from quality time with us, our home will benefit from us taking care of it. But I am also realizing I have to take time to be still. I have to be still. To know God requires sometimes I be still. He said so. BE STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD. BE STILL.
This too will take practice and discipline, but I know I will deepen my relationship with him when I am still. When I am still he can reveal to me what he wants me to know, where he wants me to be. I can hear him better when I am still. So I am going to do that. I am going to schedule time to be still and listen and wait for God. I am going to be still so I can know God. Because, that is the most important thing. And when that happens, I think everything else will be greater too.
16 years ago
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