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“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 ESV
Devotion
Technology consultant and writer Linda Stone suggests that society has shifted from an attention focus derived from inquisitiveness to one premised on a need-to-know basis.
The 24/7, “always on” information flow coming from our televisions and other devices has moved us from a full-focused mentality to that which she coins “continuous partial attention” (i.e., “cpa”). This mental process is different than the unconscious multi-tasking many of us may do, in that we (hopefully) see the results of efficiency and productivity through multi-tasking, but not so much through ‘cpa.’
In today’s climate, we don’t want to miss anything! We seem to be always on high alert, living in an artificial context of constant crisis. Unfortunately, if we don’t allow ourselves any mental down time, we can feel overwhelmed, over-stimulated and unfulfilled. At best, we aren’t giving our full attention to any one thing, not to a person and not to God.
The author/s of Psalm 46 found solace and refuge in God when the nation was in a difficult time. Though, referred to as ‘sons of Korah,’ (distant relatives of an ancestor with a sordid past—see Numbers 16) now, both temple guards and worship leaders were poetically writing about how God was victoriously delivering His people after a tense battle. These were men who had observed the people coming to give sacrificial atonement for their own sins while reflecting the anxiety of their welfare during national turmoil. Surely these people could have had a need-to-know mentality about their personal welfare and consequently, their focus upon God could have been tainted by an ancient version of ‘cpa.’ And so, this causes the sons of Korah to cry out at the end of the Psalm, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
The word for “be still” is a primitive root for the word slackening. It could also mean to let go, be quiet, and a myriad of other similar words. The idea is to focus! We are called to fully yield and lean into God who has already brought forth the victory. Give release to any of your fears and give full attention to God who has won the battle.
This is good advice for us during these days of pandemic anxiety when we could be so caught up in the need-to-know tension of the latest viral news. Perhaps we need to turn off all the journalistic noise and just be still with the God we see so readily revealed in Scripture.
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