A Cup of Stillness

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! Psalm 46:10 (NKJV) (Please read Psalm 46 in its entirety)
 

"Be still; don't move" ….

As little girl I would often dread the process involved with the care of my hair. I had long, thick and coarse, or as we say, "nappy", hair that took time and patience to maintain. Although the outcome was beautiful I disliked the process. My least favorite part was always the pressing or "straightening" comb. The intense heat of the metal coming out of the fire, and the smell and sound of sizzling hair was enough to make my heart beat two times faster than normal. Yet I knew if I would just be still and trust the beautician to do her job, and follow her directions, all would turn out beautiful. Then, at the completion of the process, everyone would know I had been to beautician that day.


It is often the same with life. Sometimes we are called to deal with "nappy" situations, those rough and coarse spots in life that take the trained and loving hands of God to straighten out for us. He requires our stillness, obedience, and complete trust in Him to do what He knows is best for us.


We can trust God to straighten things out for us. We may hear the sizzling in our ears at times. The fear, doubt, worry, shame and helplessness that makes us want to cringe is loud, but we must "be still, don't move". The burning smell of our circumstances, a lost job, broken relationships, sickness, or ministry woes may be wafting heavily in the air. Our only response should be, "be still, don't move". 
 

We can trust God to handle those things. He is the Master Stylist who knows the very number of hairs on our head. We can trust Him to take those "nappy" situations and style them into a beautiful array of blessing for us. Then, everyone will know we have been in the hands our Master Stylist. Our responsibility is to show up for the appointment and let the Master do His work. Our job is to "Be still and know that He is God"!