Learning to Be Still
Learning
to Be Still
With my husband in a wheelchair and a recent move to a
new home, the last thing I need is a severely sprained ankle. Unable to bear
any weight whatsoever on my right foot, I’ve had to resort to using crutches.
And resting – a lot.
This morning, as I lay in bed reflecting on my current
situation, I asked the Lord to open my eyes as to His reason for this new
struggle. Or should I say, additional struggle? In that moment, one of my
favorite passages came to mind. Nestled between verses that speak of God’s
power – He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth, He breaks the bow and
shatters the spear; He burns the shields with fire – and His divinity – I will
be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth – lies the answer when
life gets messy; “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
Be still – like a nursing child who is sated and basks in
his mother’s loving embrace. I’ve been so busy “doing that I’ve neglected simply
“being.” Being content in my Father’s love. Being silent before the Almighty
God. Being still in His embrace. Listening to His voice, heeding His words,
waiting for His perfect timing.
It’s hard to be still. Especially when each day sucks me
into the daily hamster wheel called ‘life.’ I often find that busyness spills
into my prayer life. I step into God’s presence with a list of prayer requests
that looks more like a to-do list; Lord, please do this for me. Lord, please do
that for so and so. It’s so easy to forget that God yearns for me to come before
Him, hands empty, soul bared, to worship Him and bask in His love. To simply ‘be’
rather than ask or do. Because I am His child and I need to be filled with Him
before I can do what He’s appointed me to do.
So for today, I will simply relish being God’s child, God’s
beloved, God’s precious treasure. I will strive to be still and let Him be God.
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