Nathan Moore
Can You Sit Still
Date:
December 02, 2025
It’s easy to miss God’s whisper or to ignore the presence of Jesus in our lives. Way easier than most might think, in my opinion.
Stillness has been the big theme for me this year and really for most of my life. God has always had to remind me that I didn’t need to strive or climb for what he had for me. I unfortunately didn’t get this right the first 2 million times, and thank God for making it click for me this year (please Jesus).
I believe God is trying to speak to us much more often than we are aware of, but we just aren’t in alignment to receive him, and I dare to say don’t understand his character enough to even know if it’s really him sometimes. That was exactly me for most of my life. First, I wanted God to be who I thought he should be (HA). Of course, I didn’t think I was treating him so poorly at the time, but looking back, God could’ve turned me into dust, and I definitely would’ve deserved it.
I was missing God because I didn’t actually know him; I just knew who I wanted him to be. Even with this awful approach, God gave me grace and revealed himself to me time after time through different people and life events. Even when he showed me his true character and I couldn’t deny it, my young, dumb, and prideful self would end up back to square one some time later.
As I shared in previous Substacks, I’ve always been competitive (mostly with myself), ambitious, and an achiever. I’ve always wanted more, and I viewed satisfaction as a disease. I wanted everything quickly and on my timetable. I tried rushing everything and, in turn, rushing through my relationship with God. This need for speed caused me to delay my relationship with God. I was running further from him and off course. His redirection always felt like an attack because I didn’t know it was him, and it didn’t align with my agenda. I couldn’t sit still. This led me to burn out.
Burnout sucks, but it caused me to be still. I couldn’t move, think, or do anything, even as I tried with every ounce of energy I could muster up. It felt like prison, but it was the blessing I needed. I admitted I had no clue what I was doing, that my striving led nowhere, and for the first time I was able to realize I needed to get to know God truthfully. I was someone who loved forming relationships but refused to slow myself down and form a genuine one with my Heavenly Father. It clicked.
Now I try to practice stillness in everything I do. Growing the relationship. Seeking his face, wisdom, grace, joy, peace, love, and holiness. Crazy to think we have the amazing thing called the Bible where God tells us who he is through his son Jesus Christ and how to be in relationship with him.
Ask yourself, am I deepening my relationship with God and seeking him in every way possible, or coming to him after I’ve made up my mind?
Let God reveal himself to you. Sit in his presence and leave your thoughts, today’s tasks, and tomorrow’s worries at the door. It’s amazing how we see God speak and move when we do this.
