“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” (Psalm 46:10)
It is very seldom that we sense the presence of God in our endless religious activity. We meet ourselves coming back from one meeting after another. We beat our drums and cymbals trying to manufacture the presence of God.
The prophets of Baal danced and cried aloud to be heard. They cut themselves with lancets and knives and their blood ran out and onto their altar. Elijah mocked them for their frenzy.
God is not attracted to a frenzy nor to beating a blister on our musical instruments. When Elijah was hiding in a cave from Jezebel God spoke to him, not in the wind, or an earthquake or a fire, but in a still small voice.
Why not just be still once in a while and know that God is God? Give God time and space to work. It was after Moses implored the people to, “stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord,” (Exodus 14:13) that God parted the waters of the Red Sea and the people walked across on dry land.
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