Be Still....

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm 46:10-11

Have you ever told a child to be still and to wait?? It seems almost impossible for most children to sit still isn’t it? That is how we are when God tells us to be still. Notice the second part of that sentence though, and know that I am God. God is not only telling us to be still, He is also telling us to know that He is God. In other words – RELAX and see what I am going to do. Don’t worry about how things are going to play out or what the outcome will be. Relax and watch how I will work it out is what God is saying. Leave it in my hands and don’t worry, I have it all under control. I can imagine God smiling when He says that. J Yet as human beings, we become anxious because we don’t like to wait. I believe that is why God teaches us patience and shows us how to wait. When we don’t wait we attempt to help God do what He does best and we mess it up, but when we are still, He glorifies Himself as only He can. The next sentence says I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. There are times when we have no choice but to be still and watch the Lord do His thing because the situation is so out of our control. There are things that happen that we can only give glory to God for, because there was no way we could’ve possibly made it happen. Take for example, the blind man in Chapter 9 of the Gospel of John. This man was born blind, yet when He met Jesus, he received his sight. Mind you, he had lived all of his life visibly challenged and was an adult by the time he met Jesus. Doctors could not reverse his handicap, there was no cure for blindness and in those days there was no such thing as laser surgery. This man received his sight to glorify God. In verse three the disciples asked him by whose sin was this man born blind, his or his parents and Jesus answer was neither but that the works of God would be revealed in him. Only God could give sight to a man born blind! If you read about Gideon in the book of Judges, chapter 7, God gave him victory over the Midianites with an army of only 300 men! Why? To show them that it is He who gives the victory and the glory belongs to Him. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. If God is with us, who can be against us? God is with us and He is the One that fights for us. He is our fortress and our strong tower. He goes before us in battle and all we need to do is keep our eyes on Him. He will be exalted among the nations and in all the earth, for He is God Almighty, the God of Jacob, our fortress!! Praise the Lord!! All glory to the Creator of the heavens and the earth!!