Week Eleven Question and Response

Week Eleven Question:

Has God trusted you with a silence-a silence that is big with meaning? Can God trust you like that, or are you still asking for a visible answer? Are you mourning before God because you have not had an audible response?

“You will find that God has trusted you in the most intimate way possible, with an absolute silence, not of despair, but of pleasure, because He saw that you could stand a bigger revelation. If Jesus Christ is bringing you into the understanding that prayer is for the glorifying of His Father, He will give you the first sign of His intimacy - silence” - Chambers October 11

My Response to Week Eleven Question:

Silence - a sign of intimacy. In Ecclesiastes 3:7, we are told that there is a time for silence – a time to be calmed – to sit still. It is in those quiet times that God’s voice takes on a different “sound.”

Many years ago, Simeon and Garfunkel wrote a song called “The Sound of Silence.” What is the sound of God’s silence in my life right now? How have I interpreted this silence? Disapproval? Removal? All negative? Honestly, yes, especially that last few months. I haven’t even considered that these times of silence are simply God listening. What is He hearing?