Be Still and Know That I Am God

"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
Psalms 46:10

One of my favorite scriptures. I have read it hundreds of times, but this one time God revealed what it means, and how I should interpret it. It looks pretty cut-and-dry at a glance, "Be quiet, know that I am God, and that I will be exalted", And for the longest time that's what I thought it was. But last night as I went to my high school's Young Life, I felt God speak to me and reveal to me a completely different meeting.

If you really look at this, you will see that this is a command. Often times we think that its an option. Its really not. God isn't asking us to sit and enjoy all that He has made, He is commanding us to. Throughout our busy and hectic lives and schedules we often never stop. We never take time to simply "smell the roses". I am guilty just as much as the next, if not more of doing this. I fill my schedule with various AP classes, sports, work, family, and friends. Now, by no means am I saying that these things are bad, they aren't, as long as they are not gods in your life. I love sports, and challenging classes, and who doesn't like some extra cash? But, without even realizing it, I have made all these things a God.

Now, I may not be bowing down and worshiping these things, but I'm putting them before God. They take up the one thing we cant take back, time. They take away a majority of my time, time that I could be spending with God. I have struggled with this all my life. And looking back I can see how God has tried to get my attention. In May of this year I got a severe case of mono that stopped everything in my life, allowing me to do nothing but sleep and be still. Leading up to that I could see all the little clues and nudges that God was giving me, but I didn't listen. While I was laying in that hospital bed, I wasn't cursing God, nor was I questioning Him; I simply sat and listened and abided in His presence.

I had seemed to have forgotten that reminder because I was reminded again Sunday night to simply be still. I get so wrapped up in my own busy life, that I often times forget that God is really God. I ramble off prayers as if they are a burden to Him, or too much for Him to handle. I ramble off question after question after question but never sit and listen for the answer. How many things am I missing out on in life because I don't just sit and listen to Him. He has a small, still, voice. How am I going to hear that when I, a loud, obnoxious, teenage girl, can't stop talking.

So this week I challenge you, sit and be still. Truly be still. Don't just sit down. Sit down and meditate on His words and on His promises. Discipline your mind to not be thinking of anything else but Him. You will be amazed at the kinds of things He reveals to you.