Be still...standing still

What do I mean, be still...standing still... The word of God tells us in Ps 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God!  I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.” - NLT.

I have had this scripture hidden in my heart since I lived in HI, 2001, yet it was only in the last few weeks that I saw part b...

When the Lord told me to be still, I knew for me, it meant be quiet, do nothing, say nothing, think nothing, just BE STILL...when I am standing still, I feel as if He is working everything out that I desire, His presence is so covering me that there is nothing that I have to do, say, think, JUST STAND on His Promises and know that "I can do ALL things through Him who Strengthens me". Being still and standing still for me then is truly a trust and faith walk with the Lord, my Daddy, my Father, My Provider, My Waymaker, My Healer, My Strength, believing that He is working everything out For My Good.

I have to trust and know that when I am still, being obedient, He is in the background doing everything that He wants to do for me, things that I have asked Him for and those that He just wants to bless me with. I am so excited that all I have to do is open my heart to Him, keep my eyes focused on Him and sit back, relax, continue to read His word, continue to pray, continue to seek His Face and allow Him to truly be God in my Life. Allowing Him to do all the work...

As I have been pondering this statement, "being still...standing still", it has been interesting because in the books of Nehemiah and Esther, it was the same King who allowed his butler to go to rebuild the city of his people and blessed the man who sat at the gate in rags. He did not hesitate to support his butler and give him what he needed. The king could have said no when he heard the troubles of his butler, instead he sent him with stuff to rebuild his family land and to protect him as he was there. Later on, he became a governor in the land, qualified or not, that is the blessing he received for his obedience. God rebuilds us and protects us when we are in a place of standing still and being still before Him. When we praise Him in all things, stand on His word, meditate on His word, listen to His voice, fast and pray, He changes us from the inside out. We will change us, rebuild us, protecting us, removing those things that are not like Him, pouring more of Himself into us and drawing us closer to Him. God will bless us more than we think, imagine and put us above others who do not think we should even be where we are but it does not matter, God qualifies us! The king cared about his people enough, more than his own needs, to send his butler out to help others. Is Jesus not like that for us? God cares so much about us that he sent Jesus, to redeem us back to Him, Jesus cared more about us than His own needs that He said, "not my will, but Yours Lord", when the soldiers came to carry him to the cross. Jesus was helping us not Himself...

Back to Ps 46:10b, God says "He will be honored in the nations and throughout the world" and it hit me like a ton of bricks that if we are truly still before God, He will give honor to those around you, those in your sphere of influence, you will be given more responsibility, more credibility, more access, greater freedom, all for His glory. Those who think they know you will see a different person. They may be even shocked to see the God in You rise to such favor and prominence. This happened to Mordecai in Esther.

You see, Mordecai was not liked by Haman because Mordecai stood by the Word of God and did not give his Allegience (loyalty) to no one but God. God did not allow the king to get any rest one night, that same king who sent his butler to help his own people, the Jews (a chosen and protected people), so the king wanted to know what has been happening through his reign and low and behold, Mordecai had done something wonderful to protect the King and now the king wanted to reward him. Not only did the king reward him, he became the number two person in the land, a governor, after sitting outside the palace day in and day out, dressed in rags. His enemy, Naman, died the same way he was planning to kill Mordecai. People have to be careful what plot or ploy or trap they set for you because they could get tripped up on it themselves, especially if they have yet to figure out that you are "called and chosen" by God for such a time as this...

Who qualified them? God did. Who blessed them? God did? What did they do? Fast, pray, obey, stayed humble and had a desire to help people. Both men became more powerful than what people thought because of their obedience. Will God not do the same to you if you do what they did and even more? Will you trust Him? Will you ask Him to search your heart, remove those things not like Him and allow those giants in your life that is stopping you from being still and standing still to be changed into a closer walk with God, closer than you have been before in order to do the will of God from the position He will place you in that will be higher than you could ever think or imagine. Mordecai was honored throughout all the provinces at that time.

Back to Ps 46:10 part b...God will be honored throughout the world by using you, if you will only do what He asks of you, "Be Still, Stand Still" which means to fast, pray, watch, read, hear, obey, trust and have faith, being quiet, being watchful, yet not saying anything, believing that what the Lord promised, He will deliver to you His chosen, His called for the world to see because He will get the Honor through you by Promoting you, Placing you higher than you could take yourself...Are you STANDING STILL...BEING STILL?

I am! Join me, please...let us do Jesus together...

Hallelujah, Thank you Lord, I praise you with everything in me! Selah...Amen