Issue 725 – Quiet – April 25, 2022
This morning, I want you to humour me and participate in a brief exercise, if you will.
Stop what you’re doing other than reading this issue of Gleanings. What do you hear?
If there’s a noise, silence it. Turn off the washer, turn off the stereo or whatever device you listen to, and hide the wall clock under a pillow. What do you hear now?
If there’s a noise, quiet it. If the only noise is from the computer, print this off to read it, then shut the computer down. What do you hear now?
Nothing, I hope. Keep quieting things down until you’ve eliminated every sound you can control.
How does the silence make you feel?
Some will find it very relaxing. Some of you will find it very unnerving. For some of you, it might be the first time you’ve heard silence in a long time.
Even though there is silence, you’re not alone. God is there even in the silence.
Sometimes when we pray, we hear silence. We wonder if God is still there and still listening. Even when the heavens seem absolutely quiet to us, God is still in control, and He’s still listening. He hasn’t stopped working in our lives just because we don’t hear Him.
King David knew what it felt like to cry out to God and not hear an answer.
Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me. I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. Psalm 69:1-3
David also understood that God was there and working despite the silence.
But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high! I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive. For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners. Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build up the cities of Judah, and people shall dwell there and possess it; the offspring of his servants shall inherit it, and those who love his name shall dwell in it. Psalm 69:29-36
Sometimes, the quiet is the best place to hear God’s voice.
The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 1 Kings 19:11-12
Shhh! There’s no need to fear the quiet. God is there even in the stillness.
Sometimes we need to stop and be still to know Him.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10
Until next time, may you rejoice at the work of the Lord when you hear and see Him and even when you don’t.
He will never leave you or forsake you, and His mercies are new every morning.
Praise His holy name.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed.
Kevin.
Gleanings From The Word.
Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life.
Soli Deo Gloria (for the glory of God alone.)
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