It is too difficult for me to select on passage in the Old Testament for this assignment. A plethora of scriptures come to mind, in every book. Therefore, I have decided to go with what the Lord has been working on inside of me, of late.

For me, one of my chief struggles is to let go, and to let God be God. Not unlike Abraham, when the promise does not come fast enough, I tend to get irritated. Abraham and Sarah had the promise from God, but it was 25 years before it was fulfilled.

In the absence of seeing His promise fulfilled in “their” time frame, they decided to help God along. Thus, Ishmael was born. How did that turn out? By trying to fill the assumed gaps to help God move things along, we tend to create problems for our own lives. So, as a confession, God has been working on this inside of me for decades.

But in the last few months, He has graciously hammered me with this passage:

Psalm 37:7 states “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.”

The Psalm itself is a favorite of many, especially when it talks about Him giving us the desires of our hearts when we trust Him. But about 2 months ago, I kept getting stuck on the “be still” portion. I would pray it before the Lord and repeated it when things tensed up because I could not see around the corner.

Having been in a radical faith for over 40 years, I knew that I was being led to dig deeper. And Praise His Mighty Name, my discovery was life changing. And so simple. The Hebrew for the word “still” is as follows, from the Strong’s definition:

damam: cease

Original Word: דָּמַם

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: damam

Phonetic Spelling: (daw-man’)

Definition: to be or grow dumb, silent or still

This was what I needed for an addition kingdom tool. I looked this over about a hundred times. In my simplistic mind, to be …or to become …dumb regarding my circumstance means that I can fulfill the difficulty of Proverbs 3:5 and not lean on my own understanding.

So, this is resulting in my response to the Lord along this fashion: “Gee, I don’t know Lord, this is beyond me, and I’m too dumb to control this, so I’ll just let You have the reigns. Please let me know if there is anything You want from me. But in the meantime, it is all Yours. Thanks! In Jesus name.

Pretty nifty. But mostly because it is helping me right now. (:

Blessings

David Spoon