Devotional for Saturday, September 30, 2017
“Embracing the Sweetest Silence”
by Dona Hake
“God
speaks in the silence
of the heart.
Listening is the
beginning of prayer.”
beginning of prayer.”
Mother Teresa
Today I would like for us to meditate upon the importance of our hearts being a place of stillness, peace, calm, and silence. I particularly want us to look at the word ~silence~. Silence is the absence of any sound or noise, it is a place of stillness. Is your heart still today or is it troubled? If your heart is troubled I encourage you to permit the same Jesus that stilled the wind and waves to still your heart that He may speak to you throughout your day.
Psalm 42:11 CEV
“Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you!
And I will praise you again because you help me,
and you are my God.”
Three different times in the Psalms the psalmist spoke to his soul and questioned it asking…”why are you so disquieted?” Sometimes we just need to give ourselves pep talks from the Word of our Lord. Quieting our hearts is so vital. It can only be done as we stop and recognize that our hearts are troubled that we would pray and ask Him to help us. It is sad to say that many people live with constant “noise” between their ears and in their heart, and it just becomes a normal thing and they accept it to be something they have to live with. The mistake anyone can make is trying to substitute the beauty of His stillness with the things this world has to offer.
Our heart is the place that our Lord dwells and I believe it should always be a place of stillness and silence. The Word tells us to guard our hearts with all diligence for from it flows the issues of life. May our hearts and minds be a guarded place. May we learn to arrest those thoughts that come from out of nowhere to rob us of our peace.
I encourage you to take inventory of your thoughts on a regular basis. Ask yourself if each and every thought is worthy of remaining in your mind. If it is not worthy it will end up robbing you of the precious peace you desire. Today I encourage you to yearn for your heart to be a place of silence and refuge. May it be a place so quiet that you can hear your Lord speak to you in prayer. May it be that place where the still small Voice is heard. Silence in the heart is truly the sweetest silence to know!