Be Still and Know

I took last week "off" from early mornings. I was resting my body...rejuvenating it. It feels good to be caught up on sleep and back on here blogging!

Ironically, my devotional this morning was about rest and being still. We all know the famous verse, "Be still and know that I am God". I love this verse - I love this song!

Never do you understand something so much as when you actually go through it. What I'm trying to say is that I've known this verse for years. I've sang the song so many times. But it wasn't until I really needed to understand "being still" and really "knowing" that He is God that it really sank in.

God is real! He is present and all-knowing. It is a powerful thing when you actually really understand that!

Be still today. Realize that He is God and He is in control. It is a powerful idea and an awesome truth!

Will Do

1. Draw close to God in moments of silence
2. Remember that God wants to speak to you
3. Look for times when you can add quiet and silence to life
4. Remember that silence can restore you - refresh you
5. Cultivate silence communion with God among chaos
6. Carry the inner stillness found in silence in your busy life.

To Do

1. Take 10 minutes every day this weeks to be in silence with God
2. Create a personal mini-retreat for an afternoon of quiet with God
3. Ask your family to join you in having a quiet hour in your home every day: no TV, radio, computers - just quiet!
4. Take a walk in a quiet place
5. Turn the radio off and drive in silence for awhile
6. Get up a little earlier to enjoy some quiet time with God. 

Bible Verses to Remember

1. Psalm 46:10
2. Zechariah 2:13
3. Matthew 11:28-29
4. Isaiah 30:15
5. Psalm 4:4
6. Psalm 131:2
7. Luke 10:38
8. Ecclesiastes 4:6
9. Psalm 23:2
10. Matthew 11:15
11. 1 Samuel 3:10
12. Isaiah 32:17-18

"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10