Psalm 46:10, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Reading this verse this morning, reminded me to quiet my soul. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of life, the juggling of ministry, work and home, we forget this. We must be still and know that he is God. There is no one like him. No one. He is King, ruler of everything and our path is secure because we have made him Lord. There have been times when I’m overwhelmed with all I have to do, then I hear a voice saying, “Peace, be still!” There’s a peace that rushes over me when I allow myself to pause and think of Him.

I remember when the girls were younger, rushing home from work, fixing dinner, gathering the family together to sit at the table. That moment when all was done and we would hold hands and thank the Lord for our food. I could finally relax, feel the tension go out of my shoulders and hear the comments of how good the food was (at least from most of them!) That must be how God feels when we pause from our busyness and remember how good he’s been to us. When we build him up in our hearts and minds, bragging on him to others around us.

Is anything too hard for the Lord? Is there anything he’s not aware of? If he created us, isn’t he well able to keep us?  Provide for us? Heal us? Deliver us from trouble? When the problems become bigger in our minds then our God is, we need to change our thinking. I’ve got myself in the habit of answering the lies of the devil right out loud. When he tries to convince me ‘this’ is going to happen or ‘that’ is going to happen, I remind him of what the Word says, just like Jesus did. When he threatens me with ‘not enough’, I remind him that it is written, ‘My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus!’

When satan tries to put sickness and pain on my body and tries to convince me that I have this or that, I remind him that it is written, ‘He sent forth his Word and healed them and delivered them from all their distresses. He took all my sin, sickness and pain upon himself the day you crucified him. Back off, devil! His blood was enough and I won’t let you have what the Lord has purchased for me at great price!’

Father, I come before you this morning resting in your promises, standing on your grace and mercy, exalting your most holy Name. You have good plans for me and not evil. You give me a future and a hope. Healing for sickness, peace for pressure, riches replace lack. Even in my darkest night, the light of your Word brings me out and sets me on the mountaintop where you are. I’m overwhelmed by you. I love you, Lord. May I be an instrument in your hands today as I live my life with you first and foremost in my heart and on my mind. It’s in Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.