The majority of our prayers should be centered and focused on becoming attentive and hearing the LORD'S majestic voice.
The desert father's practiced a form of quiet contemplative prayer to move beyond the wordy noise of secular philosophy which was being constantly broadcast in city forums....
and beyond the religious pharisee's liturgical storm of condemnations....
and even beyond the soulish demands of the pious, wordy, noisy, religious activity....we sometimes call .. "prayer".
Your ears literally need the healing touch of Jesus' healing sound...the "Sound of Many Waters". No one is beyond the need for cleansing of the heart, mind & ears. Has His voice touched your ears?
How much time have you spent quietly listening or waiting in worship for the Holy Spirit's novel healing exchange? Mercies which are new every morning.
You can commit to answer privately within your heart as you read this blog. It's so important to consider and then set aside priority time for this....
Before you go to...or sign onto...yet another prayer session. Have you spent time just listening?
Shhhhh!
It is absolutely imperative. It's something you need to intentionally pursue with all your heart.
Scripture says,
Draw near to the Lord and He will draw near to you.
Quiet, calm, silence, noiseless, soundless, hushed, restful, placid, serene, unobtrusive, tranquil, quiet.
Jacob was called a quiet man in Genesis 25:27.
Joshua lingered in the hush after Moses met with God. He soaked in the afterglow.
Pursue quiet listening time with Jesus for He is The Word and He is The Song of Songs. Not just reading The Word but fellowshipping with Jesus Himself, from whom every pure and creative Word flows.
Have you heard His sweet and heart melting voice? As Mary heard when sitting at Jesus' feet? Have you heard His thundering ⛈️ powerful declarations of glory as mentioned in Psalm 29?
Have you heard the Father's voice in the covering cloud...."This is my beloved Son...Hear Him!"
Your beauty, your radiance, your glow in Him is...
"the unfading beauty of a gentle & quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." 1 Peter 3:4
Scripture also instructs us..."Be quick to listen & slow to speak." James 1:19
Within the cloud of God's presence....all noise is muted...have you spent time there? If you have been overshadowed within the cloud...every spoken word becomes precious, holy....
& lovingly & thoughtfully chosen.
The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint. Proverbs 17:27
95% listen and maybe 5% speak....shhhhh!
When you pray quietly in tongues (or even in your mind) you are praying along with the sound of Living Waters, you are praying with the Sound of Many Waters, you are Praying with the very substance & quality of His Voice.
This is why Psalms 23 says....
He leads me beside STILL WATERS....
HE RESTORES MY SOUL.
We all need respite, we all need to be cleansed & restored because of the constant muddied waters of humanity and the accusing sound of fallen angels. There is so much accusation in the media stream & that is the devil's river that flows from the dragons mouth. Revelation 12:15.
We ALL surely need to be restored and renewed due to the constant stream of opinions of man & even some "Christian" media as well. If it's not speaking pure life, then...
it's mixture and impure at its source. James 3:11.
Jesus retreated often into a quiet place...
If our wonderful Saviour and Friend desired this quiet with His Heavenly Father... then truly....
we should seek it and treasure it as much as He did.
Quiet, Listen, Be Still, Selah.
Shhhhh!
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