LET GO – AND KNOW
“Be still, and know
that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the
earth.”
Psalm 46:10
The
words “be still” come from the Hebrew
word “raphah,” literally mean, LET
GO. “Let go, and know that I am God.” We
try to be still; we try to calm ourselves down and relax into a consciousness,
an awareness of Christ; but as long as we are clinging to the problems of the
day, hanging on to the thoughts of the agitations, turmoil, frustrations of the
day, so that one’s mind is in a whirl, regardless of how quiet your body might
be on the chair, you are not really STILL after all. Physically you might cease
motion, but if you retain an agitated spirit and a troubled mind, you are far
from still. So there ensues a process of “letting
go,” and then you can KNOW that He is God, that the Lord of hosts is with
you, and that He is being exalted in the earth.
Judges
19:9, “The day draws (lets go) toward evening.” The activity of the
day has been full, but there comes a time of letting go, and the closer toward
evening one gets, the more they have to relinquish the day, letting go of the
time period that is ending.
Jesus
said, “The night comes, when no man can
work” (John 9:4). Man’s day is rapidly ending, and a new day, THE LORD’S
DAY draws near. Therefore, all of the activities and programs of man must also
end. There is a whole time period, which must be released if we are to enter
into the new. We cannot carry the old over into the new. There are so many “time periods” which we have reveled in,
which were a blessing to us, but now, if we are to go on into spiritual
maturity, and be brought into the “measure
of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13), we are going to have
to let go of those former days. “Remember not the former things; neither
consider the things of old. Behold I will do a new thing.” – Isaiah
43:18-19
Let
go the things of yesteryear,
And days which end with memories dear,
A new day yet shall dawn for thee,
All limitations be set free.
From Daily Overcoming