Psalm 46:10a: Be still, and know that I am God.
All of us, in one way or another have experienced ‘stormy times’, anxiety, and panic in life before. Maybe some of you are in the midst of it now. It may be a relationship break down, financial crisis, burden of debt, loss of job, loss of direction in life, or an illness. Whatever your situation may be, I assure you my friend, there is a way out. God is here for you. He is the God who cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).
Psalm 46:10a tells us to ‘be still’. It means be ‘in quietness, calm, and trust in Him’. There’s peace in Him. And best still, there’s solution through Him.
In Mark 4:36-39, Jesus was in a boat together with His disciples. And somewhere in the middle of the sea, a great storm arose, and the sea waves began to beat into the boat, and water started to fill up the boat (Mark 4:37). The disciples were panic, and in fear for their lives. If nothing was to be done, they were all going to sink together with the boat and drown! In this ‘stormy’ moment, Jesus was still fast asleep, at the back end of the boat. In their anxiety, the disciples awoke Him and said, “Teacher, do You not care that we are going to die?”(Mark 4:38).
A remarkable thing happened after that. Jesus arose from His sleep and began to rebuke the wind, and said to the sea. “Peace, be still!” Guess what? The wind ceased, and there was a great calm in the sea (Mark 4:39). The disciples were astonished as even the wind and the sea obeyed Him.
There’s peace in the inside of Jesus, His inner self, and the peace inside of Him was greater than the storm in the outside. Peace prevailed over the storm. And so when He said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” the sea had to obey.
My friend, ‘be still, and know that He is God’. You can have Jesus’ peace in you too, even now. Maybe nobody understands your situation right now, and things seem to be getting out of control. It may be a struggle with an illness. It may be a struggle in finance. It may be a struggle on what to do with your life. But be still, beloved. Trust in Him. Nothing is impossible to Him (Matthew 19:26). Calm down. Take a deep breath, and begin to declare “Peace, be still!” to your situation now. The stormy situation will start to obey. You will be healed. You will come out of your problems. Never doubt, only believe. And the peace of God inside you shall prevail over the outward situation surrounding you.
