SILENCE IS GOLDEN. EVERYONE HAS HEARD THIS PHRASE BUT IS IT TRUE? WELL IT DEPENDS ON WHAT MOTIVATES THE SILENCE. THERE ARE MANY TYPES AND CAUSES FOR IT. IF SOMEONE IS ASKED A QUESTION AND THEY DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER IT MIGHT BE CALLED THE SILENCE OF IGNORANCE.
SUPPOSE A HORRIBLE CRIME IS COMMITTED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND NO ONE STEPS FORWARD TO BE A WITNESS. THOUGH SEVERAL PEOPLE SAW IT NOBODY WILL SPEAK A WORD TO GET JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM. THE SILENCE OF INJUSTICE. NOT GOLDEN BUT DARK GREY.
WHEN A PERSON IS MISTREATED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, OR THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS OR THE WAY THEY LOOK, WE CALL IT PREJUDICE. BUT IF SOMEONE DOESN’T SPEAK UP FOR THIS PERSON THEN THEIR SILENCE ISN’T KIND OR LOVING.
ALSO, IF SOMEONE FACES GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT, DISCOURAGEMENT OR DESPAIR AND NO WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ARE GIVEN TO THEM–IS THAT SILENCE A BLESSING? OR IS IT INDIFFERENCE OR AN UNCARING ATTITUDE? A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! Proverbs 15:23
THE MOST INSIDIOUS SILENCE OF ALL IS A HARDENED HEART THAT WILL NOT CONFESS ITS SINS. BUT PRAISE GOD WHEN THE CONVICTING POWER OF HIS SPIRIT IS ABLE TO GET THRU IT WILL MAKE A CHANGE… When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:3-5
When Silence Is Golden..
WE, AS HUMANS, OFTEN NEED QUIET OR SILENCE TO HELP US TO REST OR REFLECT ON IMPORTANT MATTERS IN LIFE. EVEN JESUS TOOK TIME AWAY FROM THE CROWD AND NOISE. THE TYPE OF SILENCE WE NEED IS THE GOLDEN KIND…WHICH COMES FROM THE THRONE OF GOD. “Be still and know that I AM GOD.”
SOMETIMES WE MISS HEARING FROM JESUS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING TOO MUCH. AFTER ALL WHEN GOD IS SPEAKING OUR OWN THOUGHTS OR WORDS ARE USELESS. SO THERE IS A SEASON FOR SPEAKING WORDS TO ENLIGHTEN, TO DELIVER, TO ENCOURAGE, AND TO CONFESS. AND THERE IS A TIME TO KEEP SILENT IN ORDER TO HEAR THE KING! HIS WORDS CARRY 'WEIGHT' AND THEY ALWAYS BRING LIFE. REMEMBER WHAT HE SPEAKS ISN'T OPINION- BUT TRUTH SPOKEN IN LOVE.
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