How many times have you read or quoted this verse “Be still, and know that I am God [Psm 46:10].”? Can you be still? When is the last time you tried, consciously, for any length of time to “Be still”? If you have, you know how difficult it is. You know how relentless your “mind” is---how thoughts relentlessly assail the walls you construct for your fortress of “stillness.” You know how pervasive and sneaky these thoughts are. Those useless, vain, worrisome thoughts seem to creep through every defense. If being still is like sinking down into an ocean of freedom and peace; most people barely get below the first six feet of depth---which is where all the urgent churning keeps us occupied until we have a near-death experience or something else that rattles our cage hard enough to wake us up. It’s much better not to wait for that, but rather to discover, by “being still” the place that that catastrophe is designed to get you to: in-touchness with your eternal Soul which is now and ever will be connected to the Loving Source of this universe. All-encompassing Peace. A feeling of omnipotence within a universe created, sustained and infused with Absolute, Perfect Love. This is true because, if you read on in this verse, beyond “Be still”, we receive these words into our heart: “AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.” What does it mean---what does it FEEL like to “know God?” Not to wonder about God, doubt God [though we may have to go through some doubt to get to Him} or talk about God---but to “KNOW” God? Knowing God is experiencing the greatest freedom and peace available to the human soul. How could it possibly be otherwise? {“I am in you...” [Jesus]} Get to the depth. Be still.
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