Be Still, and Know
A single line from Psalm 46 asks us to stop long enough to remember who holds the world.
The verse is short. "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10). It arrives in a psalm that has just described mountains falling into the sea and nations in uproar. Into that noise comes a command to be still.
Stillness here is not idleness. It is the deliberate act of lowering the hands and letting go of the work for a moment. The psalm does not promise that the trouble has ended. It asks only that we stop long enough to remember who God is.
For a reader who is tired, this is a kindness rather than a demand. You do not have to understand everything today. You do not have to fix the whole of it tonight. The knowing comes after the stilling, not before.
So read the line slowly. Be still. Then, in that quiet, know.
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