“Be still.”
These are the words I have been hearing in my heart for the past two years.
For so long, I was always going, going, going. Then, about two years ago, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Since then, life has been filled with additional ups and downs and many adjustments that I was not used to. The diagnosis changed so many of the things I did and the things I wanted to do. It is a season unlike anything I had ever experienced.
I come from a praying family and a strong praying community. During my prayer time, I followed the pattern I had always known praise, worship, petition, and thanksgiving. It was familiar and faithful, but once I finished, I often felt like I needed to keep saying something else. Then I heard these simple words:
“Be still.”
So I began to quiet everything around me, my thoughts, the noise, the music, even my body. In the stillness, I heard the Lord gently say,
“Be still. I’ve got you. You are not in this by yourself. I am with you.”
Those words changed everything.
As I shifted my time with Jesus from simply following a routine to truly communing with Him, being still became easier. Prayer was no longer just something I did, it blossomed into a relationship.
Now I talk with Jesus, but I also make time to listen. I am learning to recognize His voice. He is always speaking; we simply need to be still enough to hear Him. He desires a relationship with us. He wants to guide us, comfort us, and remind us that we are never alone.
Don’t be afraid of the silence.
Listen.
Silence tunes our hearing to His voice, and hearing His voice brings peace, direction, and revelation.
“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
Sometimes the greatest act of faith is not doing more; it is becoming still enough to know that He is already there and that His Word is already a completed work in our lives.
Now that’s faith. It’s already done.
We don’t have to strive for what Christ has already accomplished. We don’t have to carry what He has already endured on the cross. In the stillness, we learn to trust, to rest, and to believe that what God has spoken, He will surely bring it to pass. Faith is resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ, knowing that even when we cannot see it, He is already working.
Holding On, Letting Go, and Enjoying the Ride
Tani
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6