God tells us, “Where there is no vision the people perish” (Proverbs 29:11).
To perish is to loosen, meaning, to decline spiritually, ethically, and morally.
Vision is divine guidance; it is to hear from God. Not hearing more about God, but to come to the sort of spiritual life in which we can receive directly from God his direction and truth.
There are two kinds of letting go. Proverbs 29:11 is letting go of God. Psalm 46:10 is about letting go to God.
“Be still…” is no small thing in our day. We are not people accustomed to stillness. We all live in a world of constant noise and restless activity, and we are expected to keep up and pay attention if we are going to make anything of ourselves, or do anything worth being noticed for. Yet, in our most trying moments, the urgent call that comes is most often, “Don’t just stand there, do something!” Yet, in the Bible, over and over, we find that the people of God receive his salvation by that very decisive and obedient act of being still.