Still...episode 1

In a world that has sooo many moving parts, so many people and so many requirements on our time, how can we simply be still?  

Be still?

It seems as if life will not allow it.  There is a constant bombardment on our senses to think, to plan, to worry, to do the opposite of  being still.  To be still means to halt movement or activity and just be.
We are not going forward nor are we going backwards.  That would put me and you in the perfect position to get knocked over and trampled to death by society.  Why go against the tide of life?
Because the LORD commanded us to.

One of the greatest examples of the power and greatness and supremacy of God can be found in Joshua chapter 10.  Looking at verses 12 & 13 Then said Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, "Sun stand thou stillnupon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon."  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.  Is it not written in the book of Jasper? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hosted not top go down about a whole day.

 During this time Joshua and the mighty men of Israel have been called to the aid of Gibeon, an ally of Israel.  In the ensuing battle Joshua spoke those words , in the preceeding verses, to the LORD.
God listened to Joshua and granted it.  Israel was victorious.  (Jaw dropping stuff is it not?)
In Psalm 46:10  we read "Be still, and know that I am God: i will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."  How timely are these words when we hear them?  Quite so.
Just as Joshua gained victory during the battle, so to can we have the victory over being constantly on the go and the weariness of life.  We are commanded to be still so God can refresh us.

How can a cellphone be recharged unless it can be put in a stationary place for a certain amount of time? It cannot.  Being still does not mean we are totally inactive, it just means we are being prepared to continue going forward with the right perspective.  The perspective of God.
Remember, Be still and know that I am God.

God bless.