Still

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

Sometimes it’s really hard for me to be still.  I’m a person who likes to be busy.  I’m not much of a procrastinator about most things (except really yucky stuff like cleaning toilets), and I tend to feel pressure until my task list is complete.  As a stay-home mom, I’ve often dealt with feeling the need to justify my occupation.  Therefore, I often have to remind myself that it’s ok to be still.  In fact, God clearly tells me so in today’s verse.

While I’m running around like a headless chicken checking things off my list, God is waiting for me to make time for Him.  He doesn’t want to be a part of my multi-tasking mania.  He wants me all to Himself for just a little while.  After all, surely I can carve out a few minutes for the very One who made me, right?  

Look at some of the other times the same instruction appears in scripture:

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. —Exodus 14:14

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him…—Psalm 37:7

Notice how in each verse, there is a result given for stillness.  What I take from this is that God doesn’t need my busyness to help Him with His task list.  What He needs is my obedience, my willingness to listen to His plan so that I am most effective.  

What can you do to make some time for God today?