Be still, and know

The restless heart cannot know God. The mind that is forever running cannot hear him. He speaks in the silence, in the inward chamber where the soul has hushed its own clamour and waits.

Be still — cease thy fretting. Cease thy strivings. Cease thy planning that goes beyond the day. Be still, and know — not guess, not hope, but know — that he is God. He is on the throne. He has not left his post. The kingdom is his, the power is his, the glory is his.

In the storm of providence, be still. In the heat of temptation, be still. In the weariness of long affliction, be still. The waters that swallowed Pharaoh are the same waters that bore Israel safe to the other side; and the God who let them rise is the God who divided them. Be still, and know him.