Be Still…God is on the move!

 

Psalm 46:10
painted on the wall at Maracas R.C. Primary School
Maracas Valley Trinidad

“…know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.” – Jeremiah 10:23 (NET Bible)

Stop trying to do what only God can do. God wants to do something about your situation, He is trying to make you lie down in green pastures (Psalm 23:2-3) to effect restoration, but you keep getting up trying to take control and frankly, you’re getting in the way.

People have such a wrong impression believing that they must do things to make things happen. Someone once told me, “You can’t just wait on God…you are the one who has to make things happen. Remember, the Bible says, God helps those that help themselves! Even Noah had to build the ark, he didn’t just sit around!”

First of all, that quote about God helping those who help themselves is nowhere in the Bible because it’s not Scriptural. And yes Noah built the ark but in obedience to God’s instruction, he didn’t go off scurrying around doing his own thing, he became still in order to hear God and, he listened to and acted upon what God told him to do. Hear what the Word says,

“He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident of his own mind and heart is a [self-confident] fool, but he who walks in skillful and godly Wisdom shall be delivered.” – Proverbs 28:26 (AMPC)

“…those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength…” – Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

So, it’s okay to be still – to stop all your striving and just let God be God. When God is ready to make His move, you need to hush, be quiet, be silent, be still…

“Quiet, everyone! Shh! Silence before God. Something’s afoot in His holy house. He’s on the move!” – Zechariah 2:13 (MSG)

The beautiful truth is, only God has the power to truly restore, and He will (see 1 Peter 5:10). In fact, God promises that He will restore everything that you’ve lost or that was stolen from you, whether or not that loss was of your own making, the enemy’s scheme, or something sent by God Himself (see Joel 2:25).

God does not point a finger. He is not interested in finding fault. He is not the accuser of the brethren, that job’s already taken (see Revelation 12:10). 

Beloved, your God is interested in making your life better, after all, Jesus did say that He came to give you fullness of life.

“The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].” – John 10:10 (AMP)

And to live life in its fullness brings glory to God, but that’s a whole other topic for another day. Today is about being still so that God can move on your behalf.

Amen †

Shelley Johnson “Be Still…God is on the move!” © 2016 revisited June 14, 2025