Silence
This morning as I was
getting ready for my day, I heard this song called "Hello, Lord". I've been in a Sara Groves kick. I
love her melancholy voice, heart piercing lyrics and raw honesty. I had
never heard this song and it reflected what I've experienced before in my walk
with Jesus - times of silence.
Too
many times, we equate the inability to hear God's voice with sin or failure on
our part. That's so like us - mankind - to shame ourselves. The enemy of
our souls has done a darn good job of creating and helping us develop a strong
sense of works within the "church". If I pray harder, work
harder, serve harder, hear harder, listen harder ... then. Then?
Really?
It's
an old adage that says "Silence is golden." However, modern
Christianity says quite the contrary. Silence usually spells trouble.
We are praised and admired when we are able to hear clear direction and
act upon it. When there is nothing, we measure our value against our
inactivity and come up with inferiority.
After
spending and emerging from many months in a "waiting" room, I have
learned that silence can be freedom. When we crave answers to help our
crisis the very answers we are asking for ... if answered int eh way we would
desire them to be ... would be catastrophe. In silence, new things are
being worked out for our good that are so usually disproportionally opposite to
what our tiny little minds can think of or imagine. I am a testimony to
this crazy process of silence that brings you to new places.
This is
process of learned behavior. When we choose to learn the lessons of silence
... and rest of the abundant adequacy of a God and Savior to work out that
which we cannot see on our behalf ... be it nerve racking and scary ... it's
called rest. An in it's simplest form, rest if faith. Choose faith,
friend who may be walking in silence. Silence is still golden.
Silence offers the opportunity for rest ... for faith ... for new
beginnings and extravagant new things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2nAWoS_j0&index=5&list=RD3ozpb6R8YSw
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