"Be Still!!"

Being Still with God: Peaceful, Powerful… and Sometimes Uncomfortable

“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 (NIV)

You ever have one of those days where everything’s loud — not just around you, but in you? The to-do lists, the what-ifs, the low-key spirals that you try to keep quiet but somehow take up all the mental space?

Yeah, same.

And yet, in the middle of all that noise, God keeps inviting us into something different: stillness.

Not silence because everything’s solved. Not stillness because life is perfect. But a kind of quiet that says, “You don’t have to figure it all out right now. Just be here. With Me.”

Being still with God is one of the most grounding things you can do. It’s where clarity happens. Where anxiety starts to unclench. Where your soul catches up to your body.

The Benefits? Game-changing.

• You stop reacting and start listening.

• You remember you’re not in control — and that’s actually a relief.

• You make space to feel, instead of constantly pushing past what’s really going on.

• You tap back into peace, not the shallow kind, but the deep kind that steadies your breath and reminds you God is right here — not just when you’re strong, but especially when you’re not.

But here’s the real talk:

Stillness isn’t always comfortable. And it has its blind spots.

Because when we’re still, the stuff we’ve been ignoring? It starts to surface. The insecurities, the disappointments, the hard questions we’d rather drown out with busyness — they all get louder when we stop moving.

And if we’re not careful, we can confuse stillness with passivity. We can sit in reflection so long we stop acting in faith. Or mistake being still with staying stuck. Stillness is supposed to be a posture of trust — not an excuse to disconnect.

The key?

Let stillness be a space where you realign — not retreat.

Let it be where you pause so God can remind you of who you are and where you’re going — even if it’s not all clear yet.

Because sometimes the most powerful move you can make… is to be still and know He’s God. Let that be enough — just for today.