"Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10
If you look up the word "still" in a Hebrew dictionary you find words such as "abate", "cease", "forsake", "leave", "let alone", "become idle". In other words, stop what you are doing and know Him! The exact same Hebrew word translated "still" is used by Pharaoh when the people, led by Moses, asked for time to go and worship God in the wilderness. That wicked pagan ruler instead ordered that the work load of God's people be doubled by requiring them to gather their own straw for brick making. Pharaoh increased their activity because, in his words, they were "idle"(Exodus 5:17). This is the same word translated "still" in Psalm 46:10. God is exposing satan's tactic. God says be "still". Satan says "I will keep them so busy there is no time to be still". Satan's tactic is to keep us occupied with the constant, unceasing noise of activity. That evil fallen spirit with his network of influence would like nothing more than to keep you so immersed in technology, worldly information, work, children's activities, running to and fro, listening to the noise of worldly music, that there is no time to "be still". Make a firm commitment.....I will not let that happen!
