Good Morning Sunshine! Your Strength Is Rising From Your Stillness!

Exodus 14:14 (NIV) ~ “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

There is a part of recovery that feels so frustrating, it’s the waiting, the stillness, and the slowness! Because when you are used to fighting, striving, surviving, and pushing through, stillness can feel like weakness.  But hear this today, and hear me clearly, stillness is not surrendering to defeat! Stillness is surrendering to God’s defense!

There comes a moment in your healing when you can no longer “do” anything to speed up the process! No striving will mend a wound faster! No anxiety will close the scar sooner! All you can do is be still and let God finish what He started inside of you.

Stillness in recovery is not inactivity; it is trust made visible. Stillness says, “I believe God is fighting battles for me that I can’t see. I trust that He is knitting together what I cannot fix. I rest because His hands are still working, even when mine are not.” You are not stuck. You are being strengthened in stillness!

In today’s scripture, Exodus 14:14, the Israelites stood at the edge of an impossible situation, the Red Sea in front of them and Pharaoh’s army behind them. They were terrified, pressed between a future they couldn’t yet see nor visualize and a past that still wanted to reclaim them, and they could have turned back. but God!

And yet God didn’t command them to run, panic, or strategize. He said simply, “Be still. I will fight for you.” That’s the same whisper over your life right now.  In this season of spiritual recovery, God is doing what you cannot, He is fighting, healing, restoring, and rebuilding you. And He’s inviting you to trust Him in the stillness, even when the wait feels uncomfortable.

Stillness is sacred. Stillness is where God detoxes your heart from the addiction to constant motion. Stillness is where your soul learns the rhythms of heaven, the pace of grace, not the panic of flesh!  Stillness is where your wounds are kissed by His Presence rather than covered up by your busyness. God is not asking you to figure it all out. He is asking you to be still long enough for Him to do what only He can do!

Stillness isn’t a pause in progress; it is the platform where strength rises quietly. It is where God weaves endurance into your spirit. It is where He breathes new life into your weary bones. It is where you stop striving and start becoming. You are not abandoned in the stillness. You are being revived.

Stillness is a womb for miracles. It’s the hidden place where roots grow deep before fruit ever shows. It’s the silent place where destiny forms before the doors swing open. And right now, Heaven is closer than you think. While you are still, God is moving. While you are waiting, God is winning. Psalm 46:10 (NIV) says: “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Stillness is an invitation to know Him deeper, not just as a miracle-worker, but as your resting place, your refuge, your defender, your healer. So today, let the stillness strengthen you. Let it heal the hurried parts of you! Let it rewrite the old lie that said your worth was tied to your work!  Let it speak a better word, You are loved, even when you are still.

Healing is happening even here, in your stillness. Strength is rising even now. Stay surrendered. Stay soft. Stay still, and watch God do what only He can. Your stillness is not the absence of progress; it is the evidence of your trust in God!  When you get to the place where you stop striving and start trusting, you create space for God to finish what He promised in you!

Let’s Pray,
Father, I thank You that stillness is not weakness, it is worship. Stillness is me saying, “I trust You more than I trust my own striving.” Stillness is my surrender with my hands wide open and my heart laid bare before You. Today I choose to embrace the stillness of recovery. When my heart races with the urge to rush, slow me down. When my mind spins with anxiety, anchor me in Your peace. When impatience rises, remind me that every breath I take in stillness is a breath closer to full restoration. Fight for me, Lord, in the ways I cannot fight for myself. Heal the places I cannot reach. Mend the pieces I don’t even know are broken. Strengthen me in ways that are invisible now but will be undeniable later. Father, uproot the old lies that tell me stillness is failure. Plant in me the truth that stillness is where You shape warriors who have learned to trust, not just to toil. Wrap my heart in Your peace. Wrap my mind in Your promise. Wrap my life in the shelter of Your love. I will not fear the slowness of the season. I will not resent the quiet places. I will not despise the days that feel hidden. Instead, I will say, this is where strength is born. This is where healing is happening. This is where I see my God most clearly.  I declare that I am strong even when still. I declare that Your hand is on my life, shaping my recovery into a testimony. I declare that in the stillness, You are writing a story of victory for me. In the Mighty, Matchless Name of Jesus Christ,
 I pray, Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Dr. Jean…