Be Still

I talk to God when I am on the go; while driving the kids here and there, while traveling with work, as I walk, and as I go about the business of keeping house, and I felt pretty good about all the multi-tasking, killing the proverbial two birds with one stone ,you know. That is until I realized and recognized how very little of my undivided attention I give to God.

I absolutely hate speaking with someone who is not paying attention. You might know what I’m talking about. Whether it’s attention divided between the television or someone who is planning what to say before your thoughts are even completed, or it could even be the other party doesn’t  have the courtesy to pretend to be interested, it drives me positively batty.

Listening, really listening, takes skill and a willingness to put other things aside momentarily and engage. God’s attention to my concerns (small as they are in the world and large though they are to me) is unquestionable. His word assures us that he hears and knows even those things for which we have no words. If the God of all creation¬ cares that much about me, seems only right that I should cultivate the discipline of listening to him. I certainly owe Him the respect, reverence and even politeness of my full attention and I intend to take time and give it especially seeing how he tells me too, more than once.

Exodus 14:14



The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.


Psalm 37:7


Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.



Psalm 46:10


He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”