30 Days of Hearing God, Day 17
It’s one of those quiet days. While my day is bursting with activity and human interaction, God’s voice has been silent. But I’m okay with that. Sometimes I think it’s good to just rest in the security of an eternal relationship with my Heavenly Father. It doesn’t make for the best blogging. But I’m okay with that, too. I’m certain He knows exactly where I am today. He’s keenly aware of all that concerns me. He lavishes me with His love. And when I need to hear Him, He will speak to me.
Psalm 139
O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
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Has God been silent with you lately? Or is He speaking?
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Oh to "rise on the wings of the dawn."
Sister…I have found that in God's silence…He IS speaking. His silence is beckoning ours…He's drawing us nearer…so that we might quiet ourselves, lean closer to Him, and listen more intently. I would say…from the sounds of it…the Spirit is about to move mightily.
Love to you!
Cherie
There are times when we need noise because we are uncomfortable with silence. Sort of like the radio in the car when we are traveling with people because we "feel" someone should be saying something. Isn't it wonderful when you can just sit with someone, not say anything, not have the radio on and everything be just fine?
And then again, perhaps God is just setting the mood of silence so that He can speak.
I had a breakthrough yesterday. God continues to speak and loudly. I am "getting" His grace is sufficient. I was sitting and listening to a teaching by James McDonald on the subject — I mean, you really can't plan this stuff. My understanding of God's grace being sufficient has expanded. God yesterday gave me the grace to live in my current circumstances. And that grace was demonstrated in perseverance, strength, courage, creativity, encouragement, joy, compassion, and hope.
Sometimes, God is not about answering our prayers so that we can get out of the "fire" but so that He will deliver us "through" the fire. And God's grace is that Divine ability (I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me) to go through life with the delayed response, unanswered prayer, the "no", the "maybe".
I realize this is just the tip of the iceberg but I am glad that I asked the question and that He is answering.