Be Still 

"The Lord will fight for you; 

you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14

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When faced with a problem, many of us try to be people of action. We are doers. We go about trying to "tackle life head on." We are going to take the bull by the horns and solve that problem.

We stress. We fret. We deliberate. We strategize. By pure determination, we will solve this dilemma.

We lose sleep. We lose our tempers. We lose our peace. We lose hope.

What does God's word tell us to do?

In Psalm 46 the psalmist emphasizes the strength and might of the Lord and then concludes with this advice to us in verse 10, "He {God} says, 'Be still, and know that I am God...'"

God knows the situation. God may be using this situation to remind us that relying on God is more beneficial to our lives than relying on social media. That the quiet, calm we are truly striving for will not be found in frantic activity but rather in peaceful pondering and prayer. 

"Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. 

He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

He give strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles; 

they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:28-31

Let us not let our problems consume us; let us find peace and comfort in our Lord God who will fight for us and allow us some much needed time to just be still.