Be Still, and Know
A short line from an old song of trust asks us to stop before it asks us to believe.
There is a verse people reach for when life is loud. Psalm 46:10 reads, "Be still, and know that I am God." We often take it as comfort, and it is. But read the whole psalm and you find it was written for a world coming apart. The mountains fall into the heart of the sea. Nations are in uproar. Into that noise comes a command to stop.
Stillness here is not a mood. It is a decision. The word carries the sense of ceasing, of loosening your grip. Knowing follows stillness, not the other way round. We learn who God is by first letting go of the outcome.
This is hard for a tired reader. Rest can feel like one more task. So begin small. Sit for one minute without fixing anything. Let the sentence do its work: be still, and know.
Then return to your day. The world is still loud. You are no longer alone in it.
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