Article March 18, 2013 Issue

Be still and feel God's love

Jeramy Shays

Many of us are familiar with God’s command, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). The first requirement, “Be still,” includes more than silencing fear. It involves giving up a sense of self separate from God that believes it must employ human effort to solve problems.

Only by “being still” can we truly “know God.” This is not simply an intellectual acknowledgement of God’s existence but a deep sense of divine Love as the only Mind, operating power and presence, and man as His reflection. Following this command to be still allows us to know and experience reality as God does.

About seven years ago, I had a wonderful opportunity to follow this command while I was completing a four-year joint law and master’s degree program at two separate schools.