Speechless
Theme of the Week: Unboxing God
Friday, February 4, 2005
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Key Bible Verses: O God, don't sit idly by, silent and inactive! (Psalm 83:1) Bonus Reading: Isaiah 64:1-12
"Chess master and mentor Bruce Pandolfini discussed, in a Fast Company magazine article, how he works with his students. "My lessons consist of a lot of silence. I listen to other teachers, and they're always talking. … I let my students think. If I do ask a question and I don't get the right answer, I'll rephrase the question—and wait. I never give the answer. Most of us really don't appreciate the power of silence. Some of the most effective communication—between student and teacher, between master players—takes place during silent periods."
Could this be how God mentors us? Is God's apparent silence the method of a Master Teacher? When I go through seasons when God's answers don't come quickly or on the surface of things—but the way God interacts with my prayers draws me into deeper trust, dependence, and obedience—the answers I find radically transcend what I initially sought to find.
- I get introduced to sin that I need to confront.
- I recognize patterns of behavior I need to break.
- I gain insights into who I am that I didn't have before.
- I discover a depth of relationship with God that I've never before experienced.
—James Emery White in Embracing the Mysterious God
My Response: Which bulleted sentence fits where God's silence is pointing me now?
Thought to Apply: Sometimes Thou dost withdraw Thyself from us that we might know the sweetness of Thy presence.—THOMAS À KEMPIS (Dutch monastic)
Adapted from Embracing the Mysterious God (InterVarsity, 2003) by permission.
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Although You are beyond my comprehension, Lord, I long to know You better. Give me a closer glimpse of Your glory.
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