Be Still

Be still and know that I am God - Psalm 46

This morning reading "The Knowledge of the Holy" by A.W. Tozer I run across this piece that speaks directly to my unsettled insides in light of the start of another semester manana. It said this: Modern Christianity is simply not producing the kind of Chrisitan who can appreciate or experience the life in the Spirit. the words, "Be still, and know that I am God," mean next to nothign to the self-confident, bustling worshiper in this middle period of the twentieth century.

I add in now in the beginning of the 21st century how much more true is that statement .? Just the mere thought of beginning a new period of this journey called "grad" school makes my blood pressure rise and sends my heart into atrial fibrilation. It is just at that moment, as always seems to happen (probably b/c He knows all, sees all, feels all) that something like that preface and running across Psalm 46, the whole chapter, that sends a peace to my fluttering heart.

It is in these moments of relaxation where grace abounds all the more. It is in these final hours of freedom that I ask the timeless question what kind of excuse is it to say "I/He/She am/is in grad school," and thereby makes it okay to busy ourselves bey9ond understanding. I am a literal, realist, don't talk b.s. kind of person who is all about putting the money where the mouth is and whatever other clever saying you care to think up. Basically, I am tougher on myself that need be, then others would dare and I'm thinking it's time for no more excuses . It's time to take and make the time to invest in the relationships throughout the day. Take the time to investigate a place to go to grow and worship and learn about a diferent culture, language, and people. Stop the distractions, sit, breathe, meditate, chew the cud like a cow does only use the Word of God (attribute that one to church this a.m. where this concept of being still came up again at the end of Psalm 46.) Like I always say I not be the sharpest crayon in the box, but when God puts the same color crayon in front of your face three times in a row...I can figure out I probably need to recongize and pick up on something.

so until 10a.m. tomorrow I will definitely be still. After that even no excuse not to be still and know that He is God.