Wednesday in the Word: Be Still

 

Thank you, friends, for your kind and gentle comments yesterday. If you didn’t get a chance to read about donuts in the closet, I’d love for you to see the story and enjoy the compassion my friends shared!

                Today is Wednesday, so I’m back in Psalm 37, and I confess, I just love the verse for this week: Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

                Be still. There’s a phrase I think I’ve written about before…and yet it’s something I still need to work on in my life.

                Be still. Sitting quietly before the Lord doesn’t always come easily to me. It’s been a theme tugging at my heart over the past month. How can I be still before the Lord when everything in life seems in upheaval? I haven’t been the poster child for it here lately. Probably the majority of the time that I have been still in the past month has come more from exhaustion and willing surrender.

                And yet the admonition remains. It’s simply be still. Not be still unless you think you have a better plan than God has. Gulp.

                It’s Be still and wait patiently for him.

                I read this line about this verse in the Treasury of David commentary and loved it: “God is worth waiting for.” Isn’t that good? He IS worth waiting for and waiting means waiting for HIS timing. Not manipulating my own timing but being still and trusting Him for HIS timing.

                Why is something that is so simple on paper (or screen) so hard in real life?

                And then the verse moves into fret not, which is a phrase we studied a few weeks ago.  You know, in Scripture, repeated words mean something. He didn’t forget that he already said this. He’s saying it again because it’s worth hearing again.

                Fret not. Don’t be angry. Don’t be worked up.

                Be still.

                Wait patiently.

                Fret not.

                Three “little” commands that carry a whole lot of weight. And this is where I will be parking my thoughts over the coming days. I’m really thankful for this reminder today. Waiting for His timing has brought these words to me at just the right time!