be not silent to me: lest, if Thou be silent to me,
I become like them that go down into the pit.
~ Psalm 28:1
A cry is the natural expression of sorrow, and a suitable utterance when all other modes of appeal fail us; but the cry must be alone directed to the Lord, for to cry to man is to waste our entreaties upon the air. When we consider the readiness of the Lord to hear, and His ability to aid, we shall see good reason for directing all our appeals at once to the God of our salvation. It will be in vain to call to the rocks in the day of judgment, but our Rock attends to our cries. "Be not silent to me."
Mere formalists may be content without answers to their prayers, but genuine suppliants cannot; they are not satisfied with the results of prayer itself in calming the mind and subduing the will-they must go further, and obtain actual replies from heaven, or they cannot rest; and those replies they long to receive at once, they dread even a little of God's silence. God's voice is often so terrible that it shakes the wilderness; but His silence is equally full of awe to an eager suppliant.
When God seems to close His ear, we must not therefore close our mouths, but rather cry with more earnestness; for when our note grows shrill with eagerness and grief, He will not long deny us a hearing. What a dreadful case should we be in if the Lord should become for ever silent to our prayers? "Lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit." Deprived of the God who answers prayer, we should be in a more pitiable plight than the dead in the grave, and should soon sink to the same level as the lost in hell. We must have answers to prayer: ours is an urgent case of dire necessity; surely the Lord will speak peace to our agitated minds , for He never can find it in His heart to permit His own elect to perish. fr: 'Morning & Evening' by Charles Spurgeon
Dear Heavenly Father,
I was feeling so excited about the stirrings of my soul about prayer until the one subject matter I find a no answer or an anwer of silence. I know we must pray as to Your Will and Design.
My prayer has changed and maybe has been a bit silent on that one subject matter. I can't go on asking for something for this. It hurts tooooo much. I am not sure I can live in delight and joy if I am always boohooing on and on over this matter. And yet as I read this, I am set to wondering...
My hope and faith rests in Your Voice to speak peace to my agitated mind and heart. I pray for this peace and I thank You, my Rock.
~ always your wondering girlchild
Swindoll : reroute
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