Just Be

Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God...
I posted something similar to this on  Facebook a few weeks ago, but God has once again ministered to me through meditation on His Word and I wanted to share it here.  Praying that someone will be blessed and encouraged by this post.

Went to bed last night feeling a bit overwhelmed.  How would I accomplish everything I need to do in the coming weeks?  Trying to get started on a new home-based business   Trying to get exposure for my blog and keeping it up to date.  Helping my beautiful granddaughter prepare for an upcoming pageant.  Being there for my daughter as she prepares for the birth of her third daughter, my fifth grandchild.  Helping my 'adopted' daughter while she is recovering from surgery for the next six weeks.  House and pet sitting for a friend while she is out of town.  And in the midst of it all, finding time for everyday life like work, volunteering, homeschooling, family, church...God?

Then, the Lord woke me up around 5:30am this morning and gently reminded me to 'Just Be.'  He is to have priority in my life.  Make time for Him first and He will come alongside to help me with the rest.  It isn't about what I can accomplish on my own, but what He will do through me.  Loving and helping others is what I do...what I am called to do in my life.  I must first submit (daily) to Him, and let Him plan my day.  By submitting, the burden of 'doing' is lifted and I can relax and 'Just Be.'  Spending time with Him first brings a refreshing and a supernatural energy to do only what He calls me to do for the day.  After all, the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord (Psalm 37).

About two years ago, the Lord ministered to me as I meditated on the first part of Psalm 46:10...'Be still and know that I am God.'  I examined that all-familiar phrase and broke it down:

Be still and know that I am God

Be still and know that I am

Be still and know that I

Be still and know that

Be still and know

Be still and

Be still

Be

Then the Lord said, 'Just Be'

Today, as I reexamined that same scripture, studying the words 'Be Still' found in Psalm 46:10, I found that the Hebrew words can also be translated,  'Enough,' 'Stop,' 'Let go,' etc. (see reference below).  Enough with the worrying.  Stop trying to figure it all out.  Let go and let God handle everything.  Just Be!

Love ya!

Reference taken from a footnote in the Fire Bible, Student Edition (my youngest granddaughter's bible):

'Psalm 46:10 BE STILL.  The Hebrew words here can also be translated, "Enough," (i.e., "Stop"), "let go," or :"quit holding on" to things that may be distracting or weighing you down spiritually---things that keep you from honoring God and giving Him his proper place in your life.  Through God's Word and through individual lives, we have seen enough evidence of God's presence and power at work for his people (vv. 7-9) that we can be at peace in the fact that he has everything under control.  God is all-powerful, and eventually everyone who ever lives will recognize and acknowledge that fact.  He will always take care of his people and accomplish hi purposes on earth.'