Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the
nations, I will be exalted in the earth." NIV
As a guard at the local RCMP detachment I see many types of people in cells.
Some are quiet and reserved and sleep their time away. Others are loud, rude and
obnoxious. While still others display anxiety, knocking on the cell door
continually, asking why they are there and when they will get out. Hour after
hour, every ten to twenty minutes they will repeat this scenario even though
they receive the same answer each time.
Sometimes I have found that I can be like this with God, especially if I find
myself in a fearful or unpleasant situation. How long God? How much more time?
When are you going to come and open up a way? Why am I here? What do you want
from me? And so it goes, hour after hour, even day after day. Perhaps you too
relate to this cycle of anxiety. Perhaps you are even caught up in this
relentless frame of mind right now.
If so choose to be still and know that He is God. "He will be exalted among the
nations, He will be exalted in the earth. God is our refuge and strength, an
ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give
way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and
foam and the mountains quake with their surging." Psalm 46:1-3
God is in control. God knows your situation. God will deliver you at just the
right moment. God will grant you all you need not only to be at peace but to
have victory amidst the confines you are struggling against if only you will
choose to be still and know that He is God.
In today’s world many people know about God. But not so many know God. The
difference is a matter of faith. With every situation of struggle, which comes
our way, we are also granted opportunity: Opportunity to read scripture and know
about God. Or opportunity to read scripture, choose to place our faith in its
truth and know God.
Which will we choose today?
Prayer: Father God we believe, help us in our unbelief that we might know you
more and more each day. Teach us we pray to continually cultivate the practice
of learning to be still and know that you are God. In Christ name we pray. Amen.
Lynne Phipps
Atlin, B.C.
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