The alarm clock rings.
I want to sleep, but it’s time to go.
Got a big day ahead.
Fly through the shower.
Choose just the right clothes.
Grab some breakfast.
Get out of my way, I’ve only a minute to spare.
People are counting on me.
Things just have to work,
Or my world will stop.
Run to the car. Look again.
Can it be? The tire is flat.
No!
It can’t be!
I’ve got places to go and things to get done!
This just can’t happen!
Oh, yes it can.
Yes, it must!
Shhhh!
Be still.
Sit down.
Think a moment.
Who are you?
Who’s in control?
Be still.
Be still and know that I am God.
It’s been a long day.
So many things to get done.
Had to work late.
I need a break.
Turn on the TV.
I don’t want to think.
Leave me alone.
I don’t want to talk.
I want to drown out the noise.
I’ve given enough to others.
Now it’s time for me.
No.
Turn off the TV.
Let it be silent.
Be still.
Be still and know that I am God.
Go with your Lord
Into the mountain
To pray.

I’m bored.
I want something to do.
I can’t stand having nothing to do.
I want something exciting.
My friends are all out—doing something,
I’m sure.
Would you get off the phone sometime this year!
I’ve got someone to call.
What?
The Internet’s down!
I’m going to go crazy!
It can’t go down.
Shhhh!
Be still.
Sit down.
Think a moment.
Who are you?
Who’s in control?
Be still and know that I am God.

God’s fire fell
And consumed the burnt sacrifice
And the wood, and the stones, and the dust
And licked up the water that was in the trench.
“Take the prophets of Baal;
Let not one of them escape”
The heaven was black with clouds and wind
And there was a great rain
What power! What might!
A victory at last!
But Jezebel raged.
“So let the gods do to me, and more also,
If I make not thy life
As the life of one of them
By to morrow
About this time.”
Elijah fled.
“It is enough; now, O Lord,
Take away my life.
Where is thy power?
Where is the victory?”
Not in the wind.
Not in the quake.
Not in the fire.
Where?
Be still.
Hear the voice?
Hear the still small voice?
Be still.
Be still and know that I am God.

A job is lost.
Wealth flies away.
A boyfriend breaks up.
Cancer strikes.
A child dies.
Crops fail.
Beauty fades.
A spouse cheats.
Hopes are dashed.
Ruined plans.
This just can’t happen!
I don’t deserve it.
I’ve worked hard to get it.
It’s just no fair.
Be still.
Be still and know that I am God.

Be still
Push aside the noise, the clutter
That drowns the Voice.
Push aside your will
To hear his.
Set aside your agenda
And hear his council
By the power of his grace
Alone.
Take time today not only
To read his Word
And Pray
But,
Take a moment to
Be Still
And know.