Question #4

A weaned child is reconciled to a new way of feeding and new sources of nourishment. That's how our souls are to be. We are to reconcile ourselves to the challenge of our security, the change in structure, and the cutting off of selfishness if God so deems. Matthew Henry put it this way, "When our condition is not to our mind, we must bring our mind to our condition." 
The context of this psalm reveals that David never positioned himself for kingship; God anointed and appointed him. He compared himself manageable and governable by God for whatever God chose for him--whether king or shepherd. 
David's comparison denotes he was well-reconciled to the position and state God saw fit. How about you? Are you "stilled and quieted" before God (NIV)? There can be no real peace in your thought closet until you are. What about some of those unchangeable labels we discussed in week 2? Have you told your soul to "be still" about that label or do you harbor a little resistance in your thought closet? 
The reason stilling our souls brings peace and calm into our thought closets is because it puts us in a position of acceptance rather than anger and deference rather than defiance.

Read Psalm 46:10 and post how God expects us to behave before Him:

Psalm 46:10 (New International Version, ©2010)

¹⁰ He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”