 "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him,
to the soul that seeketh him.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence,
because he hath borne it upon him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust;
if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:25-29
The Sound of Silence
Sometimes no answer is an answer!
When Herod asked Jesus question after question,
Jesus said nothing.
When Pilate asked Jesus where He was from,
Jesus gave no answer.
To some, Jesus gave absolutely no response.
In Matthew Chapter 11 when John the Baptist
was in prison, he sent his disciples
to ask Jesus if He was the Messiah,
and Jesus told them,
"Go and show John again those things
which ye do hear and see:
The blind receive their sight,
and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear,
the dead are raised up,
and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not
be offended in me."
Others received a response also,
but not the one they were after:
Zechariah said to the angel:
"Whereby shall I know this?
for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And the angel answering said unto him,
I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God;
and am sent to speak unto thee and
to show thee these glad tidings.
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb,
and not able to speak,
until the day that these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words,
which shall be fulfilled in their season."
Just because God seems silent at times
doesn't mean He isn't working.
Sometimes silence is "golden".
And the silence of God might just be speaking volumes!
"And therefore will the LORD wait,
that he may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will he be exalted,
that he may have mercy upon you:
for the LORD is a God of judgment:
blessed are all they that wait for him."
Isaiah 30:18
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