Be Still Kari Jobe w/ lyrics

Be still my soul. Is that a request? A command? A plea? Are we begging? How do we quiet it down? It’s so easy to be in turmoil. When life goes up and down- the valley, the mountain, the valley the mountain; it is a vicious cycle.

Psalm 37:7 (NIV)

⁷ Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,when they carry out their wicked schemes

“We cannot talk to God unless we walk with Him when we are not talking” Oswald Chambers

So there again, we have to be still! When we are still we hear the voice of God. That is how He calms our soul.

Job 6:24(NIV)

²⁴ “Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been wrong.

If we go to Him, we will find our rest. How many times have I cried out to Him just to calm me? Too many to count!

Isaiah 32:17 (NIV)

¹⁷ The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;
its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

Every time I cry that’s what I ask. And He always comes through for me! He calms the storms; He calms the waves that crash around me! When I am desperate and not sure which way to go, He shows me! But I have to be quiet long enough to hear. It’s hard to be still, it’s hard to be patient. We have to place our life in his hand. That’s where we will find peace.

John 14:27 (NIV)

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

The only way that we get through this crazy life is to trust in Him. Trust that He knows what’s best for us. Because we surely don’t! That’s obvious by the choices we make on a daily basis. We choose what we want! Choices that we think will benefit us and often no thought to anyone else. But God has the whole picture; the beginning-the middle-the end. That’s where most of us are-the middle. I know that’s where I am; the time in between. I know how my story ends. It’s this time in between that is killing me! I know He has a plan but can I be still enough to hear what it is? Do I have the patience not to jump in and try to do it my way? I don’t think so! I get tired of being patient. I even get tired of being still.

Exodus 14:14 (NIV)

¹⁴ The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

So He crashes me, slows me down so I don’t have a choice but to listen and hear and be patient. It would’ve been much better to just go slow and learn this thing of patience little by little bit by bit.

Oh what peace we often forfeit

Oh what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer

Take it to Him so we don’t have all this pain. Let Him work it out. Then He will give it back to us as a blessing. Still. Patient. Quiet. Sounds so easy, yet we always do the same thing. Try to fix it on our own. I have a terrible time of keeping my vision in sight. I want Him to be my vision! I want to keep Him forever in my sights! As I wander through this life, O Lord, be thou near to me! Stay by my side. So I can feel you! That’s my prayer. I don’t care what comes my way as long as you are there! But I have to “feel” you here with me. Otherwise I am hopeless and helpless. And if I have no hope-I have nothing!

Psalm 62:5 (NIV)

⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.

So join me. Let’s get quiet. Let’s be still. Let’s be patient! None of us will have to do it alone. He walks beside us. He holds our hand and our hearts. He knows each of our stories, He knows our hearts. Nothing will shock Him! He is a loving and patient God.

Psalm 46:10 (NIV)

¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth.”

Let’s cozy up with Jesus. Let’s get to know him in a really personal way. Pull out your blankie and find your favorite resting spot. Get a cup of coffee or tea or even a diet Coke and then invite Jesus there with you and I assure you there will be miracles. There will be peace. And there will be hope!

Job 22:21

Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.