From This Day with the Master, by Dennis Kinlaw
"The God of creation is not caught in the flux and flow of human life. He is not limited by our limitations. He enters our existence and brings order where there is chaos, life where there is death. Where there is ambiguity, God brings certainty, and where there is ignorance, he brings knowledge and truth. These qualities - order, life, certainty, knowledge, and truth - can come only out of the biblical view of God."
How does God bring order, life, certainty, knowlege and truth into the reality of my life? I'll tell you the only way to get there - the only way to really allow a biblical view of God to rule your reality is to "be still."
To "be" is an interesting thing to think around. Think for a minute what Websters has to say about the definition of "be."
to equal in meaning : have the same connotation as (ex. God is love); to have a specified qualification or characterization (ex. the leaves are green); to have an objective existence : have reality or actuality (ex. I think, therefore I am); to have, maintain, or occupy a place, situation, or position (ex. the book is on the table)
So, to "be still" is to take on the characteristics of stillness. Which are, according to Webster:
devoid of or abstaining from motion; uttering no sound; quite; subdued; muted; calm; tranquil; free from noise or turbulence
Stillness happens in the spirit, not necessarily in the physical or mental part of your being. I like 'muted' the best, because I relate to it easiest. Think about when you're watching TV and you 'mute' it. Whatever is playing is still happening - it's just not invading your world of sound. That picture helps me to identify how I can "be still," even when there's a lot going on around me that I have to be a part of. The 'stillness' invades the 'busy.' The 'busy' doesn't necessarily go away.
The really spectacular thing about the command to "be still," is that it's followed by, "and know that I AM GOD." That fact does not change with our passing circumstances or with the ups and downs of our emotions. It's true regardless of if life is keeping us on the couch, or we have an overwhelming number of responsibilities. He IS GOD. He is beyond all the things that come into our lives, by our own hands, or by the hands of others! You can have a calm assurance and stay in that perfect peace, but it takes the very specific decision to "be still."
