I struggled mightily for the first half of this past weekend to obey God’s directive to BE STILL.
An “avalanche of overwhelm” in my life produced a day of pain before I finally embraced God’s truth that stillness is NOT weakness. It’s TRUST.
My next step was to focus on Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.”
I quickly realized that God was not suggesting to be still. It’s a command, wrapped in direction, instruction, and an invitation.
COMMAND
It’s an imperative verb in Hebrew. “Be still” and “know” are both imperatives, meaning God is not suggesting—He’s issuing an order. It’s like God is saying: Stop striving. Stop fixing. Stop panicking. Just… stop.
DIRECTION
It’s a divine course correction—not just “do this,” but “do this instead of what you’re doing.” It’s a recalibration of the soul back to who’s really in control.
INSTRUCTION
It has a teaching element by showing us the path to peace: stillness → awareness → trust in God.
INVITATION
It’s a holy pause that God uses to say: “Come and see who I really am when you stop trying to be God yourself.”
Here’s how I would sum up those four truths in one sentence:
“Being still in Christ is a divine command that invites surrender and reveals sovereignty.”
I remember one season where I was pushing, grinding, and striving for breakthrough—and nothing was moving. I was praying, but not really listening. God didn’t need more effort from me—He needed my attention. It was only when I got quiet before Him, when I stilled my soul, that I could finally hear what He’d been trying to say all along: “I’ve got this. Trust Me.”
Stillness creates space for revelation. It invites the voice of God to cut through the chaos. In the stillness, we’re reminded that He is sovereign. He is in control. And He never stopped working—He just needed us to stop worrying.
God does His best work when we rest in Him. Isaiah 30:15 says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.” Strength doesn’t always look like action—many times it looks like surrender.
Faith isn’t proven in noise; it’s often revealed in silence. When we pause, we posture ourselves to hear, to heal, and to hope again. Some of your greatest breakthroughs won’t come through striving—but through surrender.
That’s what I did this past weekend.
So today, whatever you’re facing, I encourage you to press pause. Breathe. Get still. Let God remind you who He is. He’s not just a distant God—He’s your Father, your Provider, your Defender, your Peace.
Be still… and know.
You are not alone. He is with you—and He is enough.
