我喜歡休息這個概念，就是靜止不動，倚靠上帝的看顧，因祂是我們的避難所（詩篇46篇1節）。詩篇46篇10節說：「你們要休息，要知道我是上帝！」這節常被人引用的經文教導我們，要認識上帝，就必須讓自己的身心靈保持平靜。

但保持平靜並不容易，不是嗎？要靜止不行動，特別是在上帝面前靜下心來，有時似乎是不可能的。這是為什麼呢？

物理學最基本的定律之一就是「動者恆動」。因此，要從持續不斷的行動、活動及工作中，靜下心來，其實並不容易，因這意味著我們要讓行動中所有的衝力都平息下來。我們可以將此想像成船的尾波：船隻在海面上行駛，在船尾形成白沫翻騰的波浪，儘管船隻試圖停下來，但這些波浪引起的動力，卻仍在船的底部翻騰，讓這欲停止的船隻不得不繼續移動。

這或許就是我們知道靜止不動的重要性，卻難以做到的原因之一。我們的活動及生活節奏就像「動者恆動」一樣，靜不下來。因此當你來到上帝面前，安歇在祂裡面，可以試著給自己留有充足的空間，也不要對自己過於苛刻。或許你需要一些時間，讓心中忙亂的「尾波」逐漸消散，繼而在上帝面前安靜休息。

I love the idea of stillness. Of quiet. Of resting in the refuge of God’s care (Psalm 46:1). And an often-quoted passage from Psalm 46 teaches us that quieting our hearts, our minds, and our souls is integral to knowing God: “Be still, and know that I am God” (v. 10).

But being still isn’t easy, is it? Being quiet—and especially trying to still our hearts before God—can sometimes seem almost impossible. Why is that?

One of the most basic laws of physics tells us that “objects in motion tend to stay in motion.” So shifting from constant motion, activity, and obligation isn’t easy because it involves letting the momentum of our activity come to rest. We might think of it like a boat’s wake: even as a boat tries to stop, the momentum of its wake—the waves it caused that are now catching up to the still boat—still roll beneath, pushing it along.

If you recognize the value of stillness but struggle to get there, that’s one reason why. Our activities and overall pace are like that “object in motion.” So give yourself plenty of space and grace as you sit before God and rest in Him. It may take some time for the waves of your spiritual “wake” to wash past you, to settle into being quiet before Him.