The Power of silence

Isaiah 30:15 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says:‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.


We ought to learn to be quiet and still before the Lord, and before the chaos that seeks to engulf us. There is salvation and rest in repentance, as well as strength in quietness and trust. The Lord expects us to withdraw and seek Him, to love Him and be still before Him so that we can feel His awesome presence, and hear His sweet voice that directs us.


God is speaking to us all the time. Can you identify with walking down a crowded noisy area, and having someone trying to have a chat with you? Try as you may, especially when the one is a long distance away, it is somewhat difficult to hear and understand what the one is saying. Our lives are sometimes just like this scene I have just described. Sometimes we have too many things going, and too much people standing between God and us, that we can barely hear Him.


God is beckoning to us to retreat into a quiet area - where our soul is still, and our spirit in tune with Him. Where we can love Him sweetly and privately. God wants that special time with us. For during such times, He can pour Himself into us, and speak directly into our ears. Remember, God may already be speaking to us through the chaos of our lives, but where we are standing and positioned is not ideal for us to hear and understand what He is saying. So, make a decision to still the chaos, exchange the numerous powerless and empty activities for real strength that comes from being quiet and still before God, trusting and seeking Him. Therein lies power and strength, and spiritual authority.


God was using Jesus powerfully to minister to many people. He became famous in His time, and the crowds followed him, but Jesus learnt that the source of His strength was in being quiet and trusting God in prayer - Luke 5:15-16 Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

In quietness and silence , do we possess strength from God and show our utmost trust in Him














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