There are many mysteries surrounding our faith in Christ and one of them is His silence. We tend to be a people that want answers, we want to understand and we want it NOW! So when Yahweh seems silent, it deeply disturbs us and often drives us into places of questioning why. And, when we do, Satan is poised waiting for his entrance into our conversations with his boney little finger pointing as us with the voice of condemnation saying we did something wrong and “God is mad at us”.
Silence can easily leave us feeling like we are dangling in the wind but heavens purpose in the silence is to draw our gaze toward Him and refine our listening skills to “hear” Him without words. When you know His heartbeat, you don’t need to hear “I love you” all the time, you are confident in that love. So maybe the silence of His words is for that purpose…to hear His heartbeat!
A sweet little story of 3 women; one Jesus stops and loves on, the second He stopped at and looked lovingly but did not touch nor speak and the third He seemed to walk right by. Though it may seem the third was the “least loved”, the truth is, He had the most confidence in her because she had learned His love so deeply she didn’t need constant affirmation from Him to keep following Him
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We read passages like “Be still before the Lord”,(Psalm 37:7) “Wait quietly for Him,(Psalm 62:5) “He will quiet you with His love” (Zephaniah 3:17)and think “how beautiful they are but when He puts us to the test, we squirm, cry and complain because we don’t hear from Him
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There is such an incredible beauty and rest for our soul when we come to this place of “not needing a word” to follow our Beloved. We follow Him just because we know Him. What is the secret of this? Proximity! We have to draw near enough to Him to feel Him before He moves. We are so close that when He prepares to take a step we are already moving. We have to be so close we feel His breath before He speaks a word. Sounds like heaven doesn’t it? Well, heaven is here, now gently calling come near to Me; desire Me above all others, seek Me first, wait with Me, move with Me Silence is “golden” and it is a sign of His trust in our maturity! #MyGodisYahweh