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
Raphah yada Elohim. Be still, and know that I am God.
My favorite thing about that brief line of Scripture is the very first word, raphah. “Be still.” I used to imagine that as a sudden halt, a midsentence-interruption kind of stillness. But when I actually looked up the Hebrew word, I found that it means something a lot more powerful and relevant to my life: to slacken—to relax.
“Relax! Realize beyond the shadow of a doubt that I am God. No matter what’s worrying you right now, I’m working out a plan in which I will be lifted high in the end.”
This is a reminder I desperately need every single day—especially as this week draws to a close, and with it, the final pages of an eleven-month chapter in my life.
I love the look of the Hebrew language. When Pastor Randy says some Hebrew, it sounds really harsh, but it *looks* so pretty. And you were integrating the principle behind the commandment just now :) Wunderbar.
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