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No Matter What

                                             He says, “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

          I chose this verse at least partly because I’m irritated (on the one hand) and a little anxious (on the other.) Two separate issues have (in my opinion) a single foundation – the issue of who is in control. Exactly what the issues are really doesn’t matter because if it weren’t these two, it’d be two others. It’s human nature to look at “the winds and waves boisterous,” the storm, or the surrounding army and respond. After all, our lives are at stake. If our lives are at stake, however, we’re more likely to turn to God about it. When it’s our comfort, equanimity, or control that is threatened, we’re still likely to get wound up, but those aren’t things we’re as likely to tattle to God about. This may be partly because we’re afraid God will tell us that they are right and we’re wrong.

          But it doesn’t matter what the source of irritation or anxiety is. God’s answer is the same. “Be still, and know that I am God.”  No  matter what.

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