Be still, and know that I am God… Ps 46:10 (NLT)
“Be” Series – Part 1 – Be Still
There's something to be said for still-time and quietness. It's in the nothing that we can hear God say everything. In the Western world marketers bombard us with up to 4000 messages a day. Then we have SMS, iMessage, Twitter, Instagram (who would use that right? Jokes!), voice messages, email, status updates, and inboxes. There's also apps to fiddle with, books to read, podcasts to listen to, work to be done, school to attend, children to be dressed and fed… and then washed and re-dressed. In that same day we face deadlines, appointments, assignments, bills to pay, traffic to negotiate… and then there's the surprise interruptions that need urgent attention! The printer's down, we're out of milk, the tyre's gone flat, the flight has been cancelled. It's all consuming and there's often very little room left for God to speak and rain down His peace.
In 1 Kings 19 Elijah stands on a mountain. There's gale force winds, an earthquake and a fire and God's voice is in none of them. HOWEVER Elijah hears God as a still small voice. Situations are going to come at you like gale force winds, earthquakes and fires. The temptation will be to deal with them like all the stuff you've had across the day… get up and take action! But what Elijah did was stand there. Despite the chaos he quietened himself and allowed the “still small voice” to give him earthly direction. When life is a busy storm or a rocking earthquake, just BE STILL. Take a moment, find a quiet spot and allow God's peace to flood over you. It's in the quiet that you hear God the loudest. In fact make a daily habit of finding a quiet moment where you say nothing and you give God room to speak to you. Get this happening and it will revolutionise your walk with Him. Expect a brilliant day…
