"Be STILL and KNOW That I AM GOD!"

"Be still and know that I Am God; 
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
                                                                              
                                                                                              Psalm 46:10

What an amazing declaration from the Lord God! He has given definitive pronouncement that He will be exalted among the nations and in the earth realm. It is critical to both know and understand that He is God alone and that He sits on the Throne of Grace and Mercy as well as the Throne of Judgement.

He directs His children to be "still" (damam; #H1826) which means to be silent; to be dumbstruck and/or to die (to one's own selfish desires). It also means to cut off, cut down rest, cease, (be at) peace, tarry and wait.

Wow! That's an awful lot of revelation from one single word. God's directive for us to be silent is indicative of the fact that we, as humans, talk too much! You know Brother James in his Epistle (3:1-12) gives us an unparalleled description that the "tongue" cannot be tamed without the Believer's submission to the authority and power of the Holy Spirit.

That same Spirit directs us to cut off any weight (person, place or thing) that would derail us in our walk of righteousness. He compels us to cut down the barriers of fear and complacency. He urges us to rest in His bosom and to cast our cares on Him because He cares for us. He warns us to cease from sinful activities in our lives. The Lord God compels us to be at peace in Him, His Way, His Truth and His Life.

Being still does not always mean that we are not to do anything. In one sense, God implores us to tarry (stay engaged in the marketplace by serving God's people). In Him, we live and move and have our being. His desire is for us to reflect His glory in the earth by transferring His Spirit to others we serve.

Finally, the Lord God tells us to just wait. One of my favorite scriptures in the Word is Isaiah 40:31, "...But they that wait on the Lord, (shall) renew their strength; They (shall) mount up on wings like eagles, They (shall) run and not be weary, They (shall) walk and do not not faint."

The word "shall" was added to the lexicon of the Bible to make its translation easier to read and more fluid to understand. However, if you read this same scripture without the word "shall," it removes the future tense of the word and amplifies the "immediacy" of results when we wait on the Lord. "But they that wait on the Lord renew their strength (immediately); they mount up on wings like eagles (right away); they run and are not weary (right now) and they walk and do not faint (straight away)."

This is how we KNOW that He Is God; when we are STILL! Selah...