Psalm 46:10 is a verse that we each should stand on. I love the amplified version because it shines even more light on the importance of not just knowing but recognizing and understanding that God is God! To know something is one thing but to recognize it goes a step deeper. I can know who my neighbor is but if I am able to recognize her out of a crowd then I have more of a relationship with her. I can know what 4 plus 4 is but actually understanding how I got the answer is even more beneficial than just knowing the answer. The same is true with us not just knowing that God is God all by Himself! When we recognize His sovereign hand at work in our lives and understand that His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts we can be confident that all is well! We can let be and be still! "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord."~Isaiah55:8(Amp)
It is so much easier to do any and every thing but be still. Have you ever noticed just how hard it is to just do nothing? It seems like it would be easy, but it is far from easy. If we have loved ones who are headed down a dangerous road our first thought is not to let be and be still. Our first thought is to help them back to safety. In order to be still, we have to take on the mind of Christ. In doing so we are renewed in our thinking. "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]."~Romans12:2(Amp)
The last part of Psalm 46:10 gets me excited to know that the God we serve will be exalted! He will be exalted not just among the nation but God will be exalted in the earth! Praise the Lord! My friend when storms rise and test come be reminded that God is yet in control! Be reminded that it is the Lord our God who fights our battles! "The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest."~Exodus14:14(Amp) Be reminded that you are more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus! Be reminded that God has the final say! It is not enough to know the word we have to live by the word! No longer can we just quote scripture! It is time to become the very scripture that we can recite! When you know that the God that you serve can do all things but fail you can comfortably be still and know that He is God!
