I have had a plaque resting over my bedroom door for years. It reads, “Be still and know that I am God” (Ps 46:10). I am a busy homeschooling mother, and I placed it there as a reminder to myself. When I leave my bedroom every morning, I walk into a day that will be filled with unexpected trials and temptations. The words challenge me to trust God with my day and with whatever may come. My job is only to be still amidst the chaos that awaits me a floor below.
Not long ago, I came across these same words in the book of Exodus. Moses was speaking to terrified people. As the Israelites fled slavery in Egypt, they found themselves trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s army. They were now in a worse situation than they had been as slaves, and it seemed that their demise was imminent.
Reading the words Moses spoke to his fearful people, my heart filled with a renewed hope. For years, I had been meditating on the idea of being still. And for as many years, my heart labored with new anxieties. But here in Exodus, Moses added six little words to
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