Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10
Anyone who knows me well will not understand this scripture relates to me. Being still is not something I excel at, or even practice. I don’t even think as a baby I was still and stories I have heard confirm that.
That being said, one Advent season I was really struggling to connect with God. Like many relationships we experience, I knew He was there. I just didn’t feel the intimate connection I was longing for. I decided to go into the Sanctuary, midweek, while it was dark and I started to pray. There are many people in my life that know how to communicate with me in such a way that I really hear them. This day, God spoke in one of those ways. I felt interrupted in my prayers and the words “Be still, and know that I am God” washed over me. It wasn’t audible, but there was no mistaking, in my mind, where those words came from. I wanted to argue, plead my case. Doesn’t God know I can’t be still? Definitely not physically, and I wasn’t even sure about in my spirit. I felt like those words were breathed into my spirit once again.
Low and behold, I made a solid effort that Advent season to “Be still.” And believe it or not, in the quietness, in the stillness, in that special time, God revealed Himself in a way that I had never experienced. That special Advent season I felt connected to God in a really incredible way.
What needs to happen in your life so that you can “Be still and know that He is God?”
Rev. Jeremy Sanders, Pastor of Program Ministries
