TeaTime Devotional July 18th, 2025

Written By: Tyreshia Brantley

Scripture: Exodus 14:14 

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Testify:

Recently, I went through a season where life felt like a constant battle; mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and financially. I was trying to hold it all together for my kids and my faith, but deep down, I was barely staying afloat. Just when I thought I couldn’t take anymore, chaos from my past showed up, my child’s father and his partner stirred the pot, and I reacted. Not with the same rage I used to, but enough to know I stepped out of character. Later, I realized God wasn’t asking me to defend myself, He was calling me to be still. But my unhealed childhood wounds had me believing silence meant weakness. The truth is, sometimes silence is the strategy. God’s grace reminded me that stillness can be a spiritual warfare too.

 Edify:

In Exodus 14, Moses tells the Israelites to be still even as Pharaoh’s army is charging at them. That’s not natural. Everything in us says fight, run, or react. But God wanted their faith, not their fists. And He wants the same from us.   Stillness isn’t weakness it’s discipline. It’s the decision to trust God when your flesh wants revenge. It’s choosing obedience when your mouth wants to defend your name. Stillness is a weapon, one that confuses the enemy because he expected you to lose control. The moment you stay still, God steps in and says, “Now let Me handle this.”  When we react out of our wounds, we prolong our healing. But when we shut up and surrender, we allow God to fight battles we can’t even see. Our silence isn’t just protection its positioning. It’s us stepping aside so He can step in.

Apply:

If you’re in a season where you feel like everything is coming at you.  Life, money, people, and drama. If your first instinct is to clap back or prove a point… pause.

Ask yourself: Is this a battle I was called to fight, or one I was called to surrender?

Every reaction doesn’t prove your strength. Sometimes your silence shows your growth. That moment where you feel like “I have to say something” that’s the same moment where God is whispering, “Let Me.”   Use stillness as your strategy.  Use silence as your shield and let the God who sees everything fight what you cannot.