Be Still & Know
Hiiiii guys! I hope that you’re all doing well, back with anotha one! The sun is out, and we’re having fried fish for dinner so I’m absolutely gassed - it’s a good day.
Today’s blog is going to be about something I’m definitely in the middle of learning, something I know I haven’t entirely gotten the hang of - but I thought it would be cool to write on it because Jesus has really been teaching me so much in this season, and maybe some of you guys can even relate! This will most likely be a two part blog because I have so much to say on this and don’t want to try and cram it all in on this one.
At the end of 2023 I got a word from a guest preacher that came to our church and in that word the scripture that he gave me was Psalm 46:10 that says, “Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”.
Now, I’m not going to lie when I first got the word I didn’t really see how it really related to me at the time, I think I was just happy that I got a word - lol. I think Psalm 46:10 has always been one of those scriptures that I’ve heard but haven’t really taken the time to sit and study or deep what it means. But boy oh boy over the past two years since getting the word God has really been showing me the IMPORTANCE of what it means to be still.
Going off track a little, but I find it so amazing how God knows exactly what we need to hear and when, because that isn’t the first time I’ve had a word and I haven’t seen how it directly links to my current situation at that time and then later on down the line I see what God meant in the word that He gave me. It helps me to trust Him even more, knowing that He knows exactly what I’m going to go through before I do. Praise Jesus.
So one thing about me, as I’ve probably mentioned in previous blogs, is that I am a THINKER! And I guess this can be a good thing and a bad thing. But a lot of the time in the past I have found that because I think about things so much I have often found myself meditating on things, allowing them to blow out of proportion which then causes a lot of fearful, anxious thoughts. And this is something that God has really been convicting me of, because I know that when I give into these thoughts not only am I wasting time, but I’m actually choosing not to trust in Him. And rather to depend on myself and try to control/sort out situations in my own strength. Which I’ve found is a big MESS UP because every time I’ve been anxious about something and ran to myself before God I always end up worst off then I was in the first place - lol.
And so going back to that scripture that I mentioned in Psalm 46:10, last year I found myself in a place where I had no choice but to trust in God. And I actually don’t like to say that I had “no choice” because I want trusting my Father to be my first option not my last. But nevertheless last year, it’s like God bought me to a place where I HAD to trust Him. After trying to figure things out in my own strength and it failing again and again - God bought me to a place where I had to rely on Him and not myself. And then he bought to my remembrance that scripture - “Be still and know that I am God.”. And it suddenly became so real and personal to me.
It’s like God was saying Khairah stop. Stop trying going round and round in circles in your mind. Stop running to and throw trying to figure things out by yourself. Stop casting your cares upon Me and then taking them back. But be still and KNOW that I am God. And it’s crazy because before this, as I said before I never really understood the scripture and its importance in my life. But now this is like one of my go to scriptures.
And after God reminded me of the scripture I went and I studied it. And I found that “Be still” in Hebrew is translated, stop fighting or stop your striving. And again it hit me, because really and truly what do I think I am going to achieve trying to fight my battles on my own?!
Through this scripture God calls us to relinquish control. When it says, “I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” It’s humbling when I really think about it, because it’s like a reminder of the authority and power of our Father.
Another thing that I find deep about this scripture is that God tells us to KNOW that He is God. He didn’t say believe, He didn’t say trust. He said KNOW. That again just reinforces His absolute authority, and the fact that He is way bigger than any situation that we go through.
And so yeah - this blog is a little different as it is more me spilling out all my thoughts on what God has been teaching me. I hope that this has blessed you, maybe some of you reading can relate in any way! As mentioned this will be a two part as I still have a lot more to write on this, so stay tuned - see ya’ll in the next one. Oh and I’ve linked a song below called “Be Still and Know” by Housefires - it’s beautiful. Okay byeee :)
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SONG LINK - https://youtu.be/Ia7s2OE4PC4?si=zQOQtHPOF5bLOoKF