Be Still and Know

(If you are looking for the study for June 29 it is directly below this post)

-Dallas Willard in "The Spirit of the Disciplines" wrote, "Silence is frightening because it strips us as nothing else does, throwing us upon the stark realities of our life."

Psalm 46 says, "Be still and know that I am God." Even when you are doing Christian stuff, being busy can rob you of the very walk and communion with God that provides the kind of depth that, in the busyness, people are looking to you for.

I heard a pastor once say,

"Christians are the only people on the planet who, as they walk into frenzied situations, should have about them an aroma of Christ, a steadiness, and a strength that doesn't look nervous, frenzied, or overly fretful. People ought to detect that, though everyone else is nervous and running around, the Christian in the room seems to have roots sunk down into something solid. The wind is blowing, but the Christian isn't on the verge of uprooting.

It is really important that we keep our roots sunk deep and our branches spread high in the glory of God so that there is a peace and a steadiness about us as Christians."

Let us plan times of silence and solitude for the purpose of godliness this week.