“Be still, and know that I am God,” (Psalm 46:10).
Since leaving full-time employment in 2019, I have learned I am not good at being still. My ministry life for the past 20 years is marked with constant going; to events and conferences, consulting with pastors and church planters, staff meetings…the list goes on. I like going and doing.
In this new season of life, God has taught me that my life and worth is not measured by how many miles I travel and how many meetings are on my calendar. The Lord is teaching me anew about being still in his presence, in his word, and in communion with him.
Now I am “confined” to my house. I am one of those high-risk people: older, with underlying health conditions and a suppressed immune system. God is teaching me again to “be still.” And more than being still, he is reminding me that in my stillness, I can trust he is God.
The world may feel like a train that has jumped off its tracks. My stillness is not about doing less. It is a state of heart where I can be still from the worry of a virus, decline in my retirement account, and inability to do anything that will make all this better. What I can do is quiet my heart and know that he is God. Would you today practice stillness, a confident trust in God that calms your heart?
Van Kicklighter previously served as IBSA’s associate executive director for church planting.