All day, every day we are bombarded by words. Your bedside alarm radio starts it. Then the snippet of TV before you leave home, conversations with family and friends. The songs you listen to and all the adverts along the road are words that influence your mindset.
Wouldn’t it be nice to experience a few minutes of absolute silence? It is a mother and a housewife’s dream.
Jesus knew the importance and power of solitude.
The Bible speaks about a habit Jesus had of getting up early in the morning and going to a quiet place, a place to relax, a place to meditate, a place to wait on a word from God.
Many times we do not hear God speaking to us because there is just too much noise.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 says there is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
If you feel God is far away, maybe even disinterested, then it is time to be silent. I remind you of that verse in the Bible that says, “Be still and know that I am God.”
The four “Ss” we must remember are simplicity, silence, solitude and surrender.
Opportunities for silence never arrive at your door. Silence and solitude are part of a discipline we all need to cultivate. If Jesus needed it, you and I also can gain from it. Silence is golden.
