When You Can’t Get Still
Have you found yourself wanting to be still with God… but your mind just won’t slow down?
Maybe your thoughts keep racing. Maybe your body feels restless. Maybe silence feels uncomfortable instead of peaceful.
Don’t give up. Learn to get still.
Most people struggle with stillness at times. Some struggle with it often. But stillness is not reserved for naturally calm people—it’s an important way we encounter the Lord.
In Psalm 46:10, God says:
“Be still and know that I am God.”
There is something about stillness that helps us receive the revelation of God more deeply—His presence, His power, His wisdom, His care. In stillness, our souls begin to settle. We stop striving so hard. We stop trying to control everything around us. We simply behold Him.
And over time, that changes us.
Here are a few simple practices that may help when it feels difficult to become still.These are not steps you must work through every time you seek stillness. They are simply practices you can choose...
Learn to Be BOTH Still and Active!
One of the great challenges of our day is that hardly any of us are very good at stilling ourselves before the Lord. The good news is that we can all learn to do so.Â
There is, however, an additional problem that might surface as we learn to be still. As we behold God’s goodness, experience measures of healing in our souls, and get in touch with our true selves, we have the potential to get stuck.Â
Sometimes, we can so enjoy our time with the Lord that we become passive in our faith.
When we learn to receive, rather than strive, we might (unintentionally) forget the value of purposefully pursuing the Lord, and the importance of obeying His direction.
No one means to become too passive or disobedient, but it can happen if we over-prize our experience of Him, rather than our growing relationship with Him.
Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
The verse goes on to say, “I wil be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
As we still ourselves, we connect wit...
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