That is a beautiful verse that was deeply impressed on my heart lately.For someone like me who likes things done my own way and who wants God to work exactly the way I want Him to, being still and allowing him to work things out is umm...a little tough.How am I supposed to be still when things don't seem to be going my way,or when life seems so unfair and I feel like throwing my fists at God?
Imagine Moses in front of the Red sea.With six hundred thousand people (and that's just the men!) trusting him to lead them to the promised land ,they were being pursued by an Egyptian army with no means of escape and to make matters worse,Moses had to put up with a lot of ungrateful grumbling and complaining .Despite all this, I am amazed at Moses' faith when he said,"The Lord will fight for you;You need only to be still".A statement of unflinching faith born out of knowing the Ruler of all of nature on an intimate level.Moses could say that because he knew that God was God! And true enough,God did something so amazing that day-a jaw dropping,unfathomable miracle,absolutely phenomenal in all of history.He parted the Red sea so His people could walk through!
Be still and know that I am God.As God's children,this is one of the greatest assurances we have.When at crossroads,faced with an uncertain future,unsure as to whether to turn to the right or the left,can you believe that all we have to do is just shut up,step aside and let God lead us?That means giving Him the control of every single detail of our lives-our desires,our ambitions,our future...and well,basically EVERYTHING!And guess what? He will lead us perfectly to what he has in store for us.And that calls for a giant leap of faith!
So next time circumstances seem to swallow you up or when you have no idea of what is happening around you,STAND STILL-not because of a self made confidence,not because you are the most composed person in the face of disaster,not because 'you've seen it all'.Be still because of what you know about God.And the result? The latter part of the verse says,'I will be exalted among the nations'.God will show up in unexpected ways and in unexpected places and all you have to do is just sit back and watch the show.Oh what a great God I serve!
