Today’s Reading:
Psalm 27
Song of Songs 1
“Here’s the one thing I crave from Yahweh, the one thing I seek above all else: I want to live with him every moment in his house, beholding the marvelous beauty of Yahweh, filled with awe, delighting in his glory and grace. I want to contemplate in his temple.”
Psalms 27:4 TPT
The Spirit of the Living God of Truth says,
I’m sharpening your ears for hearing. These may seem like times of great silence from Me. My subtlety, My volume, My light touch is training your sensitivity to My Spirit. This is not to create a feeling or suggestion of distance. I Am not distant. This is a time to press in further. This is a time to sit and wait with expectation that you will indeed hear My voice, you will absolutely feel My touch and receive an answer on which way to go. It’s going to seem as though the noise and polluting events surrounding get louder and bigger. And it will seem as though My voice is diminished in it all. But I Am drawing you to come nearer to Me, to pull away farther from the epicenter of the noise and chaos. I’m drawing you away from external realities, and I Am pulling you, drawing you close to My heart.
”In the day of trouble, he will treasure me in his shelter, under the cover of his tent. He will lift me high upon a rock, out of reach from all my enemies who surround me. Triumphant now, I’ll bring him my offerings of praise, singing and shouting with ecstatic joy! Yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh! Hear my cry. Show me mercy, and send the help I need! I heard your voice in my heart say, “Come, seek my face;” my inner being responded, “Yahweh, I’m seeking your face with all my heart.”“
Psalms 27:5-8 TPT
The silence that you experience when you draw away from the noise is not your incompetence at hearing. It’s allowing your heart and mind to settle. It’s allowing you some space to breathe in the quietness and the peace. Bask in this silence. It is a shelter from the cacophony of noise. It is a cocoon of privacy from the onslaught of screeching information overload. It is the entryway to My Presence. Quiet your heart and mind and then draw yet nearer to Me. The silence is needed to allow you to shake off the noise, the outside influence and the pictures that hang in and cling to your mind. This is a cleansing space and a refuge. I’m providing this great white silent space as a refuge and entryway, a portal to My Presence that allows you to shake off and cleanse yourself from the sourrounding noise and influence before you begin to hear again, before you begin to hear My voice.
”Won’t you tell me, lover of my soul, where do you feed your flock? Where do you lead your beloved ones to rest in the heat of the day? Why should I be like a veiled woman as I wander among the flocks of your shepherds? Listen, my radiant one— if you ever lose sight of me, just follow in my footsteps where I lead my lovers. Come with your burdens and cares. Come to the place near the sanctuary of my shepherds.“
Song of Songs 1:7-8 TPT
The silence is like a great palate cleanser for your mind and soul. You have to stay in the silence and walk through the silence to be able to hear Me on the other side. I’m just on the other side of that beautiful, refuge of white silence. Don’t despise or fear the silence. It is a resting place for you. It is a place to escape the noise and be on the threshold of My Presence. When you realize that, you will draw nearer. Come and delight in Me. Come push through the silence into the peace-filled, light-filled place where My glory dwells. I Am just beyond that great white silence. Push through and draw near to Me.
How to Respond
- Pray, thank You Lord for creating a refuge for me in the midst of the noise. Thank You for faithfully training me to better hear Your voice, recognize Your touch and feel Your Presence. Help me to not get dismayed if I don’t hear Your voice at the same volume or as quickly as I once did. Thank You that Your creation of this white space of silence that I need to walk through is to draw me out of the noise for my own sanity and benefit. This white silence is in fact a portal to Your Presence. Thank You for that Lord. Help me to adjust and spend the necessary time in the white silence to get to Your Presence.
- Declare, the Lord is my refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble. The Name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run to it and are safe. The Lord has prepared a place for me. If it were not so, He would have told me.
- Decree, I will not despise the white silent space. Instead, I will take refuge in the silence. I will use it as the Lord intended — as a place that has been provided for my cleansing, for my shaking off and leaving behind all that noise and chaos that has attached itself to me. I will persist and walk through this white silent space that is the Lord’s provision for me until I reach His Presence again. I will delight myself in the Presence of the Lord. I will be disciplined to draw near to Him.
For more encouragement from Glory & the New Wine, check out the post from this day in years past:
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