Psalm 46

Psalm 46
  New International Version (NIV)

  1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
  4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. 7 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
  8 Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. 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.” 11 The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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  When the world is busy around you, it calls you to be busy, too.  When everything is moving at a hectic pace, we naturally begin to pick up our own pace, too.  This is why it's great to run with people who move faster than you--it's natural for you to begin to run faster with them.
  However, when we think about the pace of our lives, God calls us to slow down, no matter how quickly the world is moving around us.
 
  Be Still.

  When we are still, we are proclaiming our complete trust in Almighty God.  When we are still, we are proclaiming that our own actions and lives do not determine or control the fate of the universe.  We are proclaiming that God is in control, and that the most important thing in life is to live in God's hands.  Our actions serve God and join with him, but our actions don't secure our own future or the world's future.  Only God can do that, and he has, once and for all, in Jesus Christ.

  May you find stillness today