The world moves fast enough to make your head spin. Your phone pings, your inbox groans, and every headline demands your outrage or your fear. You tell yourself you’ll slow down “when things settle,” but they never do. And your soul starts to forget what stillness feels like.

I’ve been there. I remember driving through a rainstorm one night, heart racing over a decision I couldn’t undo. I turned the radio off, not because I wanted silence, but because I couldn’t take one more voice telling me what to think or feel. Somewhere between the wipers’ rhythm and the hum of the tires, a verse rose in my mind: “Be still, and know that I am God.” I didn’t pray anything fancy. I just let that line keep breathing in my chest until the panic began to loosen.

Stillness isn’t about doing nothing. It’s about remembering Who is holding everything. It’s the pause before you answer, the deep breath before you react, the moment you let God’s voice outweigh all the others. And it can happen in a chair before sunrise, or in a car on a stormy road.

What if today you didn’t wait for the world to settle before you became still? What if you just stopped right in the middle of the noise and let Him be God again?

An Invitation

Right now, wherever you are, close your eyes. Take one slow breath in and one slow breath out. Whisper these words, even if they feel small: “Lord Jesus, You are God, and I am Yours.”

Prayer

Lord, I forget too easily that You are still in control. Quiet my racing thoughts and steady my heart in Your presence. Teach me to be still and remember You are God. Amen.