Was recently looking at the Word
and came across some wisdom concerning the nature of silence.
Eccleciastes 5:2 "...God is heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
..and....Habbakuk 2:20 "The Lord is in His Holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him."
It seems that these verses point to the fact that in the right context, silence can and should be an acknowledgement that we are the created things of an Eternal, Righteous, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Merciful, Personal, Loving God. When faced with the Majesty of our Creator, I think Job's attitude was best when he said, (after hearing God's monologue on the origin of all things in Job chapters 38 and 39)
"Behold I am vile! What shall I say then? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth." (Job 40:4)
Silence can be indicative of great wisdom, and the mark of someone who has spent much time at the feet of the Almighty.
Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
Eccleciastes 5:2 "...God is heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
..and....Habbakuk 2:20 "The Lord is in His Holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him."
It seems that these verses point to the fact that in the right context, silence can and should be an acknowledgement that we are the created things of an Eternal, Righteous, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Merciful, Personal, Loving God. When faced with the Majesty of our Creator, I think Job's attitude was best when he said, (after hearing God's monologue on the origin of all things in Job chapters 38 and 39)
"Behold I am vile! What shall I say then? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth." (Job 40:4)
Silence can be indicative of great wisdom, and the mark of someone who has spent much time at the feet of the Almighty.
Be still and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10)
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