Be Still and Know that I Am God

ust one of the versus in Psalm's 46, verse 10, inspires many inspirational Christian stories. The KJV states it like this; “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”. Good leadership skills come from every part of life, including and more most importantly the scriptures. We can analyze this backwards and forwards and it never stops having a new meaning. The night my Son was born I had to no choice but to be still and know that He was God! He was born two months early several years ago in a small out of the way hospital where modern technology was still trying to catch up. What do you mean my wife is having the baby! My wife had gone in late in that evening for what she thought would be a routine visit while I stayed home with our two young boys. She thought she would just pick up some medicine for a yeast infection or something similar, but instead God had a different plan. The call to me came at 10:35 pm with her friend yelling into the phone that my wife was having the Baby. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! My wife is having the Baby, I screamed back! Yes! Yes! Get here now! God is in Control! Yes, God was telling me loud and clear that you can plan all you want to Son, but I am in control. You see I have always been a planner. I can over think things with the best of them. What I learn on this night, was God was in control and I needed to be still and listen to Him. My Son was born at 11:04 pm and I am still not sure how I was able to get me and the boys there before he was born. When we arrived they escorted me and my two boys into a small patient room along with the friend of my wife. The Doctor kneed down and said he didn't think my Son would live! For what ever reaso I just began praying out loud! I knew that he was in control and I needed let God know that I knew that. To me this is what that passage in Psalm's is all about. Be still and know that I am God! Trust me that I am in control! Turn it over to me! Surrender it all to me! The doctor soon came into the room and kneed down beside me and my two boys. He quietly with tears said that he was sorry that he didn't think my Son would make it. His heart had stopped twice! For some reaso I had all the confidence in the world. I looked him in the eyes and said that my Son would be fine, and he needed to take me to him now! He did and there I saw something I wasn't ready for. He was lying on the table with several doctors all working frantically to save his life. His heart was beating out of control! So fast the monitors could not keep up with it. It was making no since to them. Again, we were in a small little hospital but God was in control. Be still and know that I am God keeps returning to my mind when I think of this. To this point his little heart had already stopped twice and they were able to get it going again. The Dreaded Flat Line on the Monitor! Four hours later a medical team from a fantastic medical university arrived and began packing him up into one of those containers they use on the helicopters. They did the best they could do to stabilize him but that was almost impossible. Right after they got him into the container and sealed the door on it, the machine indicated that his heart had stopped again. The dreaded Flat Line! They all looked at me wondering what I was going to do! Was I going to lose it or was I going to Be Still and Know That He Was God and He as in control! God is amazing! For a brief moment I asked God what had He decided. Was my Son going to live or was I going to have to bury Him? The medical team went crazy trying to open the container back up and just about the time they got it opened I got my answer from God! His little heart started beating on it's own again. There is no question that no matter what we do, God is the one in control. Sometimes we forget that and quickly learn that if we are smart. He gives us all choices, one of which is to invite His Son into our lives and to know that He is God. You see God's Son died willingly for all of us. The difference is that if we do not ask him into our lives, we can not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. He so loved the world that he gave His only begotte Son to die for us, so that we may have ete al life. My Son left the hospital several days later and has never looked back. He has gone on to be amazing. I don't know for sure what God has in store for Him, but I know the lesso He taught me. To be still and to know that He is God!