Devotionals on Silence

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• The silence of His early years and young adult life was broken forever, as He stepped out into three and a half years of blessing for humanity – joining His voice with that of His herald - Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand – the King was here.

• Rest Of Silence Oh, what a joy it is when earthly friends whose sensitivity towards each other, and love for each other can just sit in silence and wait in perfect understanding – just resting in the presence of the other.  How much more should it be when the Lord Himself should so desire that we prove our love and friendship to Him, by asking us to wait.  To wait for Him in secret silence.  And in so doing, assuring Him that our love for Him is constant, and our faith in Him can stand the test of His silence,

• Silently comes the kingdom into the heart of a man, and who can judge the heart of a man and witness the new birth save the Lord alone?  But the results of that silent birth should by degrees be visible, until Christ be formed in you.  And then cultivate silence for God often speaks in silences.

• God wants us active in spirit even when waiting on Him in silence.

• We read, when I kept silence, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long.
• Well He tells us that: when I kept silence my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. Psalm 32:4

• One Lone Voice When the fluency and eloquence of poetic utterances about God is hushed..  when the extravagant tints of religious art have been stopped… when the last harmonic strains of musical praise drift into silence – there is one lone voice that remains: I am the way and the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by Me.

• Close Communion We sometimes walked in silence and sometimes we just touched spirits.

• You ache to hear His voice, and the noise of the silence is deafening.

• We do not need to don the habit of a monk or clothe ourselves in silence.

• I am sure at the start, in the silence of their company, his friends were a real comfort – but later, looking at the circumstances, they try to analyse Job’s sufferings themselves.

• Other times one lifelong special petition seems to indicate silence from above, and there are also seasons when heaven itself seems to be an iron gate.

• Many a salty saint of God have experienced times of silence..
• And through the silence you cry out in anguish to receive His near presence..
• through the silence, He will work a mystery and a marvel.
• His withdrawal and silence may be because He loves you so dearly..

• Nothing puts the madness of the infidel, and the folly of the superstitious more to shame and silence than the humble, quiet, devoted walk of a thorough-going, heavenly-minded, and divinely-taught believer.

• The Voice that could not be heard in the din and bustle, and amid the laughter of the city, can be heard in the silence and solitude of the wilderness. -C.A.C.

• Which of us has not prayed to a closed heaven of brass or heard nothing but the clamour of God’s silence?

• Celestial Silence In Revelation Chapter 8 we read: and when He had opened the seventh seal,  there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
• Rev.8:1 In a celestial silence the God of heaven and earth, sea and sky finalises His plan.
• Pray in the Spirit Eph.6:18 This silence in heaven is connected with all the prayers of the saints of God. This heavenly hush is linked with the persistent prayer of the praying saint.

• Every title traced a particular characteristic of the eternal Son and the perfect Man. It was Zacharias of the line of Levi that uttered forth his stunning prophecy of Christ, the coming Saviour – breaking God’s four hundred year long prophetic silence… and for nine amazing months Zacharias waited in silence to tell forth the good news.

• He bore the derision and ridicule of every foul-mouthed mocker, in silence – so that they, with us, could regain peace with God – so that they with us, could secure life eternal.

• The man or woman who has no inner ear, no inner silence, no inner place for hearing the Lord is never going to be of much use in the service of the Lord, and mark you, it must be the Lord, and we must be very careful that we do not give even good men and good writers the place that the Lord ought to have.
• It is difficult, yet not impossible, that in the raging of the street and the rush of business life the Lord should say something; but He will only speak to those who recognize the value of listening to the Lord and who are giving Him His place of silence to speak when possible.

• Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.
• Seeking Solitude Jeremiah, the weeping prophet sits in solitude, sits in silence – sits in submission.
• Keeping Silence The true Shepherd of the sheep will lead you beside still waters to restore you, but His rod of correction is never far from the silent, seeking solitary soul.
• “Sit Still my daughter,” “Keep silence my son” and examine your heart – and then “Arise and go to the Father…” and say “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son ..
• Compliant Quietude Sit alone in submissive silence and seek to know Him.
• Expected End You’ll either deny the Lord Who bought you and bring swift destruction upon yourself – oh eternally saved, but saved as though by fire, or in solitude and silence you will seek Him in humble submission of heart: for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Patient Trust Four hundred years of silence had passed with no sign of the forthcoming Messiah, yet he was not swayed by the changing attitudes of religiosity that swamped Israel.

• Sacrifice of Silence Reestablish communication on a daily, hourly, moment by moment basis, and though a dark cloud of concealment may obscure His presence from your vision, offer up a sacrifice of silence, as you wait for Him and rest in His knowing.

• God-Man He could have called down twelve legions of angels to silence them, but this God-man confounded them with His staggering proclamation, 'Before Abraham was – I AM'.

• ot even the selfless silence as you intercede for an overburdened loved one, but a silence springing from absolute certainty that God knows what He’s doing. “My soul wait”..  quietly; patiently; trustingly.
• Demanding Sacrifice All sacrifice is demanding.. whether the sacrifice of praise or the sacrifice of a broken, contrite heart – or placing your own beloved Isaac upon the alter of His dear love. But the Sacrifice of silence requires the greatest mental battle in prolonged prayer. The Sacrifice of prolonged prayer necessitates great struggle of your will.

• It is the new man in Christ, not our body or spirit that should wait in silence on Him.

• A time to tear, and a time to sew;A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

• Although he kept silence for a time, Job finally cried out to the Lord in anguish, compelling his three friends to respond with a series of long, self-righteous speeches in which they used human logic rather than Biblical truth to explain the shocking chain of events in Job's life.

• John the Baptist strode onto the pages of history after 400 years of prophetic silence.

• Hushed was the evening hymn,The temple courts were dark;The lamp was burning dimBefore the sacred ark;When suddenly a voice divineRang through the silence of the shrine.

• Being still in the presence of God is not a sulky silence or hushed murmuring, but is simply resting in Him, trusting in His Word of truth, abiding in His love, and being content to await His timing.

• But what a shocking silence must have descended on each person when Jesus stunned them with the words: Even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

• From that very hour, these evil men tried to capture the Lord Jesus secretly and silence Him permanently - because they feared that on hearing the interpretation of the parable, the people who had welcomed Him earlier with cries of Hosannah would realise that they were planning to kill Him.

• But most would not believe John's urgent message and this powerful prophet was thrown into jail to silence the truth.

• Their attempt to silence them through various threats and the imprisonment of the apostles failed, for God answered their prayers and sent His angel to open the prison gates for Peter.

• Luke explains that even the women who had come with Him out of Galilee, followed and saw the tomb, and how His body was placed.But strict Sabbath Day regulations prevented these heart-broken, Jewish women from visiting the tomb the following day, which was a Sabbath and so from Friday, through Saturday, and into Sunday, the stone-cold body of the Lord Jesus Christ lay in silence – and alone - in the borrowed tomb of a wealthy man.No doubt copious tears were shed and many hearts bitterly grieved, as these loyal ladies fulfilled the requirements of the Sabbath Day – for we read that they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.No doubt, they started preparing spices and perfumes to anoint His body, throughout that evening and into the night-time once the Sabbath was over.

• Although John received great acclaim as God's prophet, after 400 years of prophetic silence, John was under no illusion that Jesus must become increasingly important, while he was to become of less and less significance.

• However, His silence infuriated the Jewish leaders, and finally the high priest stood up and said angrily, Do You not answer?

• Whether they sat in silence as a sign of mourning for the 'loss' of their friend at his deathly appearance or whether their silence indicated their pity, sympathy, horror, grief, or a form of contempt towards their friend because of his situation, we are not told.
• We are not told what went through the minds of these three men during their seven days and nights of silence, but as the drama unfolds, we discover a range of biased attitudes in the mind of each person.

• However, the enemy of our soul was also very active in various quarters and attempted to silence the truth.

• Four hundred years had passed without any prophetic mouthpiece of God, but this silence was broken by the charismatic conduct and challenging voice of John crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

• And after a whole week of sitting in aghast silence due to the terrible misfortune that had rained down on him with such fury, Job complained that what he feared the most had befallen him.

• But the ears of the Jews were closed to Christ's entreaties, and the eyes of the Pharisees were blinded to the truth of the gospel, for they were envious of Him and sought to silence Him.

• But His silence was also deafeningly eloquent, for it gave witness to His dignity, integrity, and restraint in this ecclesiastical court hearing, in which every aspect was grossly unlawful, not only by moral standards but also under the law of Moses.
• The high priest's questions to the Lord had been designed to trap and condemn Him, but Jesus maintained an impressive silence and did not answer, which both confounded and angered him.
• But finally and with great composure Christ broke His silence and made the most unequivocal admission of His deity, by answering the high priest's interrogation with the words: I AM. Jesus broke His silence with the very name of God that had first been given to Moses so many centuries before: I AM. Jesus broke His dignified silence with an undisguised claim to Deity: I AM, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.

• The 7 trumpet judgements begin once the 7th seal is broken, following a period of silence in heaven which lasts for about half an hour.

• The double-edged swords the Romans carried were lethal weapons, and the Word of God is the deadly weapon that Christ will use to silence and condemn his enemies.
• Paul refers to the Scriptures as the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. And during His earthy life, the Lord Jesus used this same 'sword' that John saw in this terrible vision, to silence Satan when He said, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

• And so, despite the difficulties and dangers that encompassed king David and in spite of the enemies that would seek his life to destroy him, David, the man after God's own heart, waited in silence for God.
• May our soul also wait in silence for God, for from Him alone is our salvation.

• Christ is the One Who will fully and finally stop the raging of the nations and silence the tumult of the pagan countries who are plotting in vain against the Lord and against His anointed.

• He was grieved at the various Jewish attempts to destroy him and silence the gospel of grace and reminded them of his dedication to publicly declaring the whole council of God to both Jews and Greeks alike:

• First, there is going to be a heavenly hush, when an ethereal silence will descend upon the inhabitants of heaven for half an hour.
• John was not told why this period of awesome silence will happen with the breaking of the last seal, but no doubt there will be a deep sense of anticipation, for even the never-ending worship of God, which a multitude of angelic beings started when time began, will be hushed.
• At the end of this celestial silence, each of the seven celestial angels who stand in the presence of God, will be given seven trumpets, and will now be ready to begin blowing their terrible instruments of judgement, one by one.
• The blowing of the trumpets will be delayed during heaven's half an hour of silence, as the seven angels watch and wait to sound their instruments, as the smoke of the incense, intermingled with the prayers of the saints, will ascend in the presence of God.

• For such is the will of God, that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.

• But just as Moses had harsh criticism from jealous, envious men, so Paul was hounded throughout his ministry by those who sought to destroy him, silence his message, and demolish his Christian witness.

• After his customary introduction to Timothy and his charge to identify and deal with distorted doctrine and silence false teachers, Paul continues his letter to this trusted, young pastor, with important instructions concerning Christian conduct and Church life.

• And yet, the thundering silence that pounded from a shut and brassy heaven revealed that there was no other way whereby we must be saved.

• Paul knew how vital it was to silence their voice, challenge their error, and expose their motive, knowing that they were able to shipwreck the faith of many who would blindly follow after them: For they taught what they should not teach, in order to accumulate wealth dishonestly.
• Paul gave the following warning: It is necessary to silence such trouble-makers; because they overthrow whole households by teaching what they shouldn't in order to get money dishonestly.

• But as the final seal is broken, we read: There was silence in heaven for half an hour. Since their creation, holy angels of God are never silent in their continuous worship of God. Day and night, they never cease to cry: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is, and is to come.
• Prayers we have offered are a sweet-smelling savour that have ascended to the Lord, but they may not have been answered yet, but we do know that the day is coming when a heavenly hush will silence heaven for half an hour to usher in that mighty angel with the golden censer.

• But their message was an affront to the Jewish rulers who attempted to silence their voices, for had they accepted the truth of the glorious gospel, their authority would have been challenged because the old order had been set aside and a new order had started - the dispensation of the grace of God.

• May we carry out righteous deeds for God's glory and remain pure in doctrine, dignified in sound speech, and beyond reproach in actions and attitude so that those who oppose us will be shamed into silence, and have nothing bad to say about us.

• It is quite probable that he was very pleased to hear God call out, Abraham, Abraham... after such a long silence, and his quick response was, Here I am!

• Paul urges Titus in this passage to silence those who distort Scripture in this way for their own ungodly ends, because they upset whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain.

• However, it is by doing right that we may silence the ignorance of foolish men..

• Jesus used the Scripture, which cannot be broken, to silence their argument.

• These hate-filled hypocrites collectively rushed at Stephen, in order to permanently silence the truth that he spoke.

• Four hundred years of silence from God was broken with the arrival of Jesus.

• Mockers scorned, women wept, and the whole heavenly host gazed on in stunned silence and awestruck wonder, as the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of the Father, fulfilled the final letter-of-the-Law to satisfy the holy requirements of a thrice-holy God.

• The plain reading of God's Word should forever silence the ignorant voices of humanistic philosophers, liberal theologians, and false religious systems.

• Wise men searched, and after 400 years of silence from the Lord, John the Baptist was the prophetic voice crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord.

• There was no greater witness to silence these proud and foolish Pharisees regarding Christ's claims to Deity than the combined testimony of God the Son and God the Father.