Day 22: The Silence Of Faith
- Joni
- Jul 22
- 2 min read
I hear
THE SILENCE of the morning,
and the ringing in my ears.
I want GOD
to do what I love
when HE does it.
I want HIM to speak.
To whisper.
To reveal something
I have never seen before.
Instead,
there is
SILENCE.
But perhaps
THE SILENCE
is exactly
what HE wants me to hear.
It is the
BE STILL
kind of SILENCE.
I don't "feel"
that HE is here.
Yet,
I know HE is.
Sometimes
THE SILENCE
can feel deafening,
especially
when I have purposely
set aside time
to meet with GOD.
HE seems to have
nothing to say,
yet I know
HE has
everything to say.
The
SILENCE OF FAITH
has always been a test for me.
Because I am not
a naturally STILL person.
It reminds me of being a child.
Perhaps you played the same game.
My mom
would challenge
my siblings and me
to see who could remain
silent the longest.
Looking back,
maybe it wasn't really a game.
Maybe it was her gentle way
of saying,
"BE STILL".
It seems
GOD
is saying the very same thing to me.
And honestly,
I don't always like it.
I want HIM to say something profound.
Because once
you have experienced
the PRESENCE of GOD,
you long for more.
More of HIM.
More of HIS voice.
More of HIS heart.
Do you hear my wrestling?
This isn't a GOD problem.
It is my problem.
Because sometimes
I expect GOD to perform for me.
But then
HE breaks through the silence.
Not with a new revelation,
but with the question, that HE has posed to Job~
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?"(Job 38:4)
Hmm.
Who am I to tell the CREATOR
how or when HE should speak?
Then CHRISTMAS comes to mind.
There were
thousands of years
when heaven seemed silent,
as all where awaiting for the MESSIAH.
Only waiting.
Only silence.
Yet GOD
had never stopped working.
Then,
at just the right time,
the silence was broken
by the cry of a BABY.
IMMANUEL.
GOD WITH US.
CHRISTMAS reminds us
that silence does not mean absence.
Sometimes
GOD says
HIS greatest words
without speaking at all.
Sometimes
HIS PRESENCE
is the message.
Are you HEARING
THE SILENCE OF GOD,
loud and clear?
Are you WAITING to hear from GOD?
Are you TRUSTING GOD in the WAIT,
yet the SILENCE in the WAIT is getting the best of you?
Tick. Tick. Tick.
HE has spoken.
GOD has broken through the SILENCE.
JESUS IS HERE.
Oh THE SILENCE OF FAITH.
GOD isn't sleeping on the job,
for
GOD is STILL GOD
and HE is STILL GOD in the SILENCE.
Never stop talking to HIM.
HIS PRESENCE is HIS VOICE.
For
GOD
is
"THE GOD WHO LISTENS"
(listen to the song below)
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