Silence

Some people can’t handle silence: there must be sound!  Silence, however, is just what God gives to us at times. God said “Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10).  How we love to know God but [oh my] how we struggle to be still.  Most Christians - including myself – miss God because we mistake His silence as no response.  When He received word of Lazarus’ illness and the urgency He come at once, Jesus “stayed two more days in the place where He was.” (John 11:6).  The urgencies of this life often conflict with what God is revealing to and in us.  God is Sovereign in all things, including His silence, and that silence may just be His answer.  Oswald Chambers writes God’s “stillness is contagious.”  Instead of avoiding silence altogether, why not understand it as the right moment to hear Him – His Voice?  It’s the perfect exchange – our stillness for His sound.  I’m confident silence could quickly become some of the greatest moments of our lives.