Have you ever had a parent or a teacher tell you to be still? It used to happen to me on a daily basis when I was growing up. I just hated to not be moving around doing something. There was always something to do or look at or break or take apart or see how it works or find out what kind of sound it made. Something. Or how about sitting? I hated to sit somewhere with nothing to do!
Sometimes that's how life treats us. It never seems to leave well enough alone. If things are going easy and well, then just wait a minute and somehow it can get all turned upside down.It seems that life can be just like I was as a little kid. It wants to break or take apart or see how we work or even what kind of sound we can make when we get squeezed or stressed out. Life never seems to leave us alone. That's good and, well, not necessarily bad, but can be a little scary sometimes. That's the thing about life, always moving whether we want it to or not, good and bad.
Mark 4:35-41
35 As evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed). 37 But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.
38 Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?”
39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. 40 Then he asked them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
41 The disciples were absolutely terrified. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Even the wind and waves obey him!”
Notice a couple of things here:
Jesus doesn't get scared (verse 38). When things get hectic and scary in your life, Jesus ain't scared. He is always in control.
Jesus told the weather to be still (verse 39). Different translations of the Bible say Hush, Quiet, Silence, but my favorite version says "Peace, be still."
Do you need Jesus to declare peace in your life and tell it to be still? Do you know someone else that needs peace? Take a moment and pray that Jesus would call that out over your life or someone else you may know that needs peace.
