be still and know that I am God is my newest tattoo. I was asked what it was from and I didn't have an answer. I wasn't sure where I had heard it. All I knew was that when I started thinking about what my next tattoo was going to be, this is what came into my head. Once it was there, it would not go away no matter how much I told myself that I really wanted something pretty. It became part of my daily meditation, helping me to be still. It bothered me slightly that I couldn't tell my friend what it was from though so I looked it up today. It is from Psalm 46. I looked through and read several web pages and the passage below is what really hit me because this thought has been so much a part of my life lately. It said:
“Be still and know that I am God!” is the first part of Psalm 46:10. Here, the word still comes from a Hebrew word meaning to “let go” or “release.” The meaning would be best understood to say “cause yourself to become restrained or to let go.” In other words, we need to come to a place where we are willing to submit ourselves to God and acknowledging that He is in sovereign control.
When we realize that we are truly incapable of controlling life, we can surrender our will to God’s will. It may be a matter of finally saying we trust Him. This will open the door so that we may experience the fullness of all God wants and has for us. After all, He is our Creator and has a perfect plan for us when we let Him orchestrate it.
Be still and know that I am God – How can we know it’s God?
“…and know that I am God” denotes recognition, acknowledgement, and answering God. First, we must know that God is God, the one and only Supreme Being who created all the heavens and earth (Genesis 1:1).
We can know Him by having an intimate relationship with Him. That does not come from knowing about Him, but rather getting to personally know Him by what He says (in His Holy Word, the Bible), recognizing the things He does in our lives, and by way of His Holy Spirit who comes to guide and comfort us. In John 14:26, Jesus says “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (KJV).
