We are walking in today: When God is Silent.
Psalm 102:1-7 1) Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2)Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4) My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5) By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6) I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7) I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. Silence is particularly painful when that silence is the silence of God. Oh, how we would like to be like Moses where God speaks to us through burning bushes. How we would like to be like Elijah who throughout his life carried on a running conversation with God. Some of us feel like God is on mute, when it comes to us. The silence is agonizing. Particularity when we are in agony. When our lives are affected. When we are in turmoil and we turn to the Lord for an answer, and we all are met with silence. This is the exact situation in which the psalmist finds himself this morning. When God is silent in your life and mine, it is a reminder to us that He is Sovereign and we are not. Then He will speak when, and where, and how--He full well pleases, and not just when we demand it. God is Sovereign!!! God's silence is part of His grace, is that through His silence He reminds you and me of His reality. You and I don't miss things that are not real. When God is silent, it is so painful because we so badly need the reality of His presence in our lives. That pain is a reminder of God's reality. When God is silent, those most profound moments of silence are also the most profound moments of His presence. We must realize, we get caught up into so much stuff, and then when God goes silent; it is that silence--that pain of silence, that stirs up in you and me that longing, that hunger, that will hopefully push us toward doing something about it. Moving toward Him and into His arms, the very arms of Jesus Christ. Who by the way, is the only person who has ever lived on this earth that has heard, the total deafening silence of God. As He was nailed to that cross, and from the cross cried out to God; Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And that cry was answered by nothing but silence. So, when God is silent in your life, embrace your companion of the quiet!!! God's silence is as much a sign of God's presence as of God's absence. The devise of silence is not a vacuum to be filled, but a mystery to be entered into. Unarmed with words and undistracted by noise, a holy of holies, in which we too may be struck dumb by the power of the un-sayable God. Lamentations 3:19-31 19) Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20) My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 21) This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22) It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23) They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24) The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25) The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26) It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27) It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28) He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29) He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30) He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. 31) For the LORD will not cast off for ever. When God is Silent--thank Him for His presence!!!! Amen!!!!
I know that sometimes in this season there will be silence. Where we are not hearing from Him. We must look for God in those quiet moments, when He is not speaking. He is an omnipresent God, He is here, there, everywhere. So we know that we are not alone, even though others are asking have you heard from Him yet? He is going before us in every situation--He is always right there. He sees every tear. Get into His presence, praise Him for who He is. Praise Him, He is there day after day. In the silence, we will make it through, He is still there. Still loving, protecting us. Our challenge are we still loving and trusting Him in the silence? The Greater One lives on the inside of us, sometimes He will just be still and see if we will walk it out. He wants to see what we are made of? Is our response, nevertheless, Thy will be done?! Will we keep fighting? Are we calling on His name and standing in belief until He shows up? He has told us that we can call on His name. His presence is with us in the silence. Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. He is God, the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jeremiah 29:11 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. The Lord is right there, He has promised to never leave us or forsake us. What are you gonna do? The Lord has three answers, yes, no, and wait. Follow your spirit man, not your flesh! Stay in the race. Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Wait on the Lord, fiveamprayer!! Don't panic, call on His name! Stand, trusting in Him. Don't panic, He is always there. He hears all our prayers. What do you do? You keep pressing in to His word, holding on to His unchanging hand. Trust in Him. Get out of unbelief. Keep holding on to His hand. We are to believe to see. God wants to know if you will hold on and stand on His word? We must be like Joshua, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord! Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who faced the fiery furnace for not worshiping a earthy king--the Lord will deliver us out or if not we will never serve anyone but Him! It is the Lord who supplies all of our needs--why are we in a panic?! Stand on His word, fiveamprayer! Trust and believe. We can stand on His promises, they are build on solid rock, they won't fail nor falter. We have to believe to see in this season of abundance. Stand, don't panic. We don't put our trust in our finances, we know that it is the Lord who provides for us. Thank You Jehovah Jireh! Stand on His word. He can show up suddenly. We are one word away, His word is bringing us out. When God is silent we are one word away. He is building us up. You gotta be still in the silence, trust God. Don't know what you are going to do? Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. We may not see it now, but You are working it out, Lord. Faith without works is dead. We know that without faith it is impossible to please the Lord. Hold on to your faith. He is a way maker. We feel Your presence, You show up everyday. We lift up fiveamprayer have them to stay in Your presence. He is our Shepheard and we His sheep--John 10:27-28 27) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.? We are one word away! Hold on and stand believing in His promises. We lift up prayer requests those known and unknown. Have them to choose to stand on Your word. We ask for forgiveness, for when You forgive there is no condemnation. Thank You Lord for teaching us for us to forgiven we must forgive.
We write in the precious blood: 1 Chronicles 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
Welcome to the overflow....
You have got to understand, every request will be answered. We are one word away from our breakthrough. We are in His presence in the silence. As Job said, thou He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Abraham trusted God to give Him a son, even in His latter years. The Lord, our God is omnipresent. Seek God's presence in the silence. He is the way out of no way. Sit in His presence and take a selah moment. He is silent to see what we will do. Will we panic? Will we stand on His word? Don't turn frantic or to fear. Just like in the natural when we can't get a hold of someone, our minds start to think up crazy things. We must stay on guard, the devil comes to attack us in out minds, trying to get us to move out of position. As Pastor Taffe would say, stay under the word. Now is not the time to go it alone. For those who have been waiting on the Lord, know that you are in His presence. Your response is to be nevertheless, Thy will be done! This may be the time for a self check. Are your walking in fear? He could be restoring you back to Him. Don't go crazy, in the silence. You are in His presence. Don't panic, now is not the time to panic. We are to keep walking in His word, seeking Him. He promised to never leave or forsake us! He is the way. Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Everything that He has spoken, He will preform it. Have You forgotten who I AM?! Get into MY word, I AM the Alpha and Omega, I knew the end from the beginning. I did not bring you this far to leave you!! Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. It is the Lord who can deliver and rescue us! Don't panic there is a way out! The joy of the Lord is our strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. He is calling us to the front. Do you remember the blood? That Jesus, died and rose on the third day with all power of heaven and earth in His hands. Who took two loaves and 5 fishes and fed 5,000. Fiveamprayer, what you are dealing with seems impossible? Well, we serve a God of the impossible!! All things are made possible by our God. Late in the midnight hour, God is gonna turn it around. We are to pray without ceasing. Turn it over to Him. He is God all by Himself. Lean not to your own understanding, fiveamprayer--trust and believe. He will never leave or forsake us! He is bringing us out. It is harvest time, He is sending the latter rain--believe to see. Cry out to God, "help my unbelief!" Crucify your flesh. When God is silent, rest in His presence. The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. We are to trust God and stand on His word. God is for us, who can stand against us?! As Pastor Anitha says, turn up the volume on the Lord and turn down the devil. Start praising Him right now!!! He will show up. Tell Him, even in the silence, I will praise You. Reposition our praise, put it out front!! God is silent, praise Him, don't wait till the battle is over shout now!! Great is His mercy! Don't panic, praise Him! Thank You for Your silence Lord. His presence is with us. Get in the book. He speaks to us in His word. From Genesis to Revelation. Remind us Lord. Thank You for Your word! The devil wants us caught up--hold to God's word. Enjoy the presence of the Lord. Walk in it, walk it out.
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Musical Selection
Andrew Peterson, The Silence Of God: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Maranatha Singers, In His Time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Chris Tomlin, Indescribable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
William Murphy, Amazing God: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
William Murphy, Awesome (Lord, You Are Awesome): http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Lecrae, Faithful: faithful lecrae
Dorinda Clark-Cole: Don't Wait Till The Battle Is Over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paqlmhd-rrI
Joe Pace and the Colorado Mass Choir, Hallelujah Anyhow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFBQmQE1wY
Donald Lawrence, One Word Away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl0ld7anIC8
Fred Hammond, They That Wait: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wcdY2v5Kio
Sho Baraka, Mercy On Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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