May 28, 2025
Exodus 14:14
“The Lord will fight for you;
you need only to be still.”
Our world is restless. Silence feels awkward. Stillness seems lazy. Every moment is filled with scrolling, noise, or striving. Yet when the Israelites stood at the edge of the Red Sea, trapped between an enemy behind and an impassable sea ahead, God didn’t tell them to hustle or strategize. He said, “Be still.”
What we need to understand is that stillness isn’t inactivity, it is trust. It means resisting the influence of fear, even in moments when future appears uncertain. Stillness is an attitude of surrender that says, “God, I don’t have to fix this. I trust You to fight for me.”
God invites us to be still with Him, not just to recover energy, but to remember who holds our lives. Stillness cuts through the chaos of busyness and reveals the God who has always been for us, in the battle with us.
Do you remember, those "snow globes"? My grandmother had one on a shelf in her apartment that I loved to play with when I visited her as a kid. I loved to shake the globe, which started everything swirling inside the globe. However, when the globe was left alone to sit still, clarity returned, the swirling stopped and you could see the wintery scene inside. I wonder if the snow globe isn't an illustration of sorts of our spiritual life. When we stop striving and surrender, the chaotic swirling of our restlessness settles down and in the stillness we can see clearly that God is at work. As the verse says we "need only to be still" to notice God's abiding presence.
What we need to understand is that stillness isn’t inactivity, it is trust. It means resisting the influence of fear, even in moments when future appears uncertain. Stillness is an attitude of surrender that says, “God, I don’t have to fix this. I trust You to fight for me.”
God invites us to be still with Him, not just to recover energy, but to remember who holds our lives. Stillness cuts through the chaos of busyness and reveals the God who has always been for us, in the battle with us.
Do you remember, those "snow globes"? My grandmother had one on a shelf in her apartment that I loved to play with when I visited her as a kid. I loved to shake the globe, which started everything swirling inside the globe. However, when the globe was left alone to sit still, clarity returned, the swirling stopped and you could see the wintery scene inside. I wonder if the snow globe isn't an illustration of sorts of our spiritual life. When we stop striving and surrender, the chaotic swirling of our restlessness settles down and in the stillness we can see clearly that God is at work. As the verse says we "need only to be still" to notice God's abiding presence.
Let's Pray
God, in a world of unrest, teach me the power of stillness. Calm my anxious heart and remind me that You are in control. Help me stop striving and rest in the truth that You are already at work. I choose to trust You with what I cannot control. Amen.
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