be still

"Wait for the LORD,

       be strong and take heart

         and wait for the LORD." -Psalm 27:14

 

 

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..." -Psalm 37:7

 

"He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God." -Psalm 46:10

 

According to these passages, I am commanded to be still and wait for God. How hard this is! I'm always in a rush but these words force me to examine my life and where I am in my relationship with Him.

 

Do I wait for Him? Am I still in His presence?

 

Or do I rush through my "quiet time" like one more item on my to do list?

 

God demands more of me. He wants all of me.

 

And He can't have it all if I am constantly rushing through my days thinking about what is "practical" rather than what is satisfying to my soul-the part of me that will live forever.

 

Also, I have experienced intimacy with God in the stillness, not in the busyness of my life. As Psalm 37:7 states, I am to be still before Him and wait patiently. It's in the quietness that I hear God speak to me.