No Such Thing as Silence

Some people read 100 books a year. Some people plug their ears with music and podcasts all day. Some people apparently love listening to themselves chatter nonstop twenty-four-seven. Some people prefer to just sit and listen to all the activity of the world around them.

I met a godly man who is constantly saying that God speaks to him. God spoke to him when he was in the depths of financial distress and told him what business he should start to redeem himself. When printing handouts for a message he is going to preach, God tells him how many he should print.

Thanks the same effect on my as the word “video” has on my bishop. To be clear, I love people that can hear God, but I need to ask. Did God really tell you this? How did it sound when God spoke?

You hear what you listen for. I had an 8th grader that could hear a cool truck coming down the road a mile away while I was giving an interesting class, he was working on his math, having an earplug in one ear, and the windows were all closed. How in the world did he do it? Humans hear what they love.

Do you actually believe you will hear God if you listen for him? How much time will I be willing to spend fine-tuning my ability to hear God? Do you really think you need to be able to hear God? Most people don’t.

Humans need silence. They need silence so they can listen to God. Silence should not be the absence of all sounds. It is the absence of all sounds except one. Do you like to experience silence?

What are you listening to in your silent moments?

It would tell you what you love.