“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10

Life feels like chaos. Deadlines pressing, bills piling up, news feeds screaming fear, voices pulling you in a dozen directions. The world thrives on noise — it shouts until you’re overwhelmed, convinced that if you just try harder, do more, move faster, you’ll finally find peace.

But into the whirlwind, God whispers: “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Stillness is not passivity. It’s not disengagement from life or indifference to struggle. Stillness is an act of defiance against the lie that the world controls your destiny. It is declaring: “I don’t need to be in control, because my Father is.”

At the Red Sea, Israel panicked as Pharaoh’s army closed in. The people cried out, certain they were about to die. Moses declared, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Ex. 14:14) Stillness was not surrender — it was confidence that God Himself was about to act.

Think of Jesus in the storm. The disciples screamed in terror, convinced they would drown. Jesus stood, rebuked the wind, and said, “Peace, be still.” The storm obeyed. Sometimes God calms the storm outside us; sometimes He calms the storm inside us first.

Brother, this is the invitation: stop letting the chaos dictate your peace. Your strength is not found in frantic activity, but in quiet confidence. Isaiah declared, “In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15) This doesn’t mean inaction — it means rootedness. It means standing steady when the world shakes.

What does this look like in real life? It’s choosing prayer before panic. It’s opening the Word instead of scrolling through fear-driven headlines. It’s sitting still long enough to let God’s voice cut through the noise.

The world will not get quieter. The storms will not stop raging. But in Christ, you can be still. You can anchor in the unshakable truth that God is God, and He has not lost control.