DAILY DEVOTIONS

by Fred Lilleboe (fredl@lordoflife.org)

Be still and know that I am God! Psalm 46:10 When I think of “space” as in outer space, I think of a vast soundless vacuum. I have no idea what percentage of the universe space/nothingness is, but it is a lot. If I googled it somebody would be simply guessing. I did watch a documentary that claims scientists have found elements in that nothingness that is actual something. But my thoughts today are on silence. I think God likes silence. Although there is a lot of wild, wonderful, beautiful loud sounds in our world, there is also a great deal of silence. The band I was in played before at least a dozen national acts. I always felt the difference between the super pros and the average musician was silence. The millisecond difference when the drummer hits the drums, or certain musicians at particular times played nothing until asked to do something, was amazing. Silence is powerful. A pause in a sermon can be powerful. A moment of silence at a stadium can be powerful. My friend likes to have the TV loud on the cable news all day long. When I borrow any of my family’s cars, the radio is always on when I start up the vehicle. I walk the dog and many cars have loud talk radio or music on. Nothing wrong with that, but I wonder sometimes if they fear what they would hear if there was silence. Although doubtful, maybe one day scientists will discover what many scholars of multiple religions already know. That it never was the absence of something but the presence of something or Someone. God whispers. That is why God gave us Psalm 46:10. Lord, help me to learn to be still. It is so hard to do with external and internal voices and thoughts. Calm my anxiousness, calm my fears. Help me find stillness and peace in you. Amen.

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