Scripture: Psalm 46:10
Journal: How still is your soul these days?
How will you try to still it?
Reflection:
Contrary to popular opinion, being still
and knowing that he is God does not happen overnight; it takes time and
space, effort and intention. It takes
the effort to not exert effort. It takes
trying not to try. It takes actively
being inactive. For without this kind of
effort, stillness is unlikely to ever become a reality.
You don’t fly up to a stop
sign at one hundred miles an hour and expect to be able to stop on a dime. The momentum of your life will make that an
impossibility. You must begin to slow
down well in advance of the sign to make stillness a possibility—or give
yourself the freedom to go well past the sign before the stopping truly
occurs. Either way, it takes time to
come to a stop.
It is the same way with
being still and knowing that he is God.
It is a process, not a moment. It
is possible, but only if we make the necessary time and space to allow it to happen. And the beauty of it is that once it does
finally happen, it will not be quite so difficult for it to happen again and
again. We become more and more practiced in the art of stilling.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Be still and know that I am God.
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