Our Text today is from Psalm 28:1 … “O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.”
I think this holy writer of old just told the Lord of heaven and earth that he so depends on Him, on the God of Abraham, on the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ … that the poor psalmist would die if God ever became silent!
Yes, “to go down into the pit” is synonymous with the grave, physical death. Down into a hole in the ground. Into a “dungeon,” at least 11 times in the Old Testament!
He simply MUST live in communion with the Lord!
Should not the same be true of us Christians today?
And here’s some good news, real good.
God is not silent … when you read His Word! (“Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying …” Jeremiah 2:1)
God is not silent when you “live” in “communion” with the Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit! (“The communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.” Paul praying in 2 Corinthians 13:14!)
Of course you can’t grieve the Holy Spirit, or quench Him … and live in sweet communion with Him every day, every hour.
God is not silent when we listen for His “still small voice.” (1 Kings 19:12) I think this may be referring to God’s leadership of us through the daily events of life. (As in “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD.” Psalm 37:23)
In a way, God is not silent when I talk a walk on a beautiful day. Recently I preached outdoors on top of a mountain. I heard God a hundred times that day, through his breeze, His clouds, His rocks and trees and valleys below! (“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.” Psalm 98:4)
And if you’re reading here today saying “None of the above” … you’re in trouble, spiritually.
That’s because of this truth … “My sheep HEAR my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27
Then the saddest thing of all … many live (sinners and some professing Christians too) their days and weeks without hearing a single word form God!
And don’t even care!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
When is the last time YOU heard from the Lord?
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